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allegory of the curious process of conversion in Bee Queen-making, 

 discovered by Schirach in his ' La Reine des Abeilles ' 263 



15. MOTHS AS DESTRUCTIVES. 



On the left side of the vignette is the Lackey Moth, Clisiocampa neusfria, 

 on the right the Gold Tail Moth, Porthesia ckrysorrhcea, beneath each 

 of which are their respective Caterpillars, and in the centre is an Oak 

 leaf with a file of infant Caterpillars of the latter species engaged 

 in stripping it of its verdure. Over this hang suspended numerous chry- 

 salides of the black and yellow Ermine Moth, Yponomeuta padella, and 

 above all, in flight, is the small Green Oak Moth, 3 Tortrix viridana, with 

 its Caterpillar engaged in its ravages as a leaf-roller. From one of these 

 scrolls protrudes the empty shell of its chrysalis, and behind this are the 

 remains of leaves which it has reduced to skeletons 264 



Two Moths still lingered, 



Moths of the Banners of the tale, illustrating by the armorial bearings on the 

 wings of one, and the equipage on the wings of the other, the two 

 consuming principles of Pride of Birth and Pride of Show .... 283 



16. WATER DEVILS. 



The central insects, swimming on their backs are examples of the Water 

 Boatmen, Notonecta glauca, the nearer one being attacked by the little 

 Whirlwig Beetle, Gyrinus natator, while the other is gliding head 

 foremost into the extended jaws of the fierce larva of the Water Beetle, 

 Hydrophilus Caraboides. On the rushes to the right is a Water Scorpion, 

 Nepa cinerea. In the distance are the linear forms of two Water Mea- 

 surers, Hydrometra stagnorum, and below them is a Water Bug of less 

 slender growth, Velio, currens. The figures above represent the Water 

 Scorpion and Water Boatman in flight 284 



He roivs with infinite speed. 



A Boat-Fly punt, with crew of diabolic aspect, queer and cruel, fit passsengers 

 for Charon's ferry-boat. The captive of the party with uplifted arms re- 

 presents a young and imperfect Water Scorpion, and the shadowy imp 

 employed in the erection of the flag, exhibits the linear form and piercing 

 proboscis of the Water-Measurer. In the head of the rower is 

 depicted that of the aquatic larva of the Dragon-Fly, with face con- 

 cealed by a natural mask capable of being depressed or raised, shut or 



