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replaced them in the bottle, where the action of the cyanide slowly 

 extinguished the remaining sparks of life. 



TABLE SHOWING THE PROPORTION OF THE SEXES IN CICINDELA 



VULGARIS, SAY. 



* Of 1 7 taken from their holes, all were females. 



t Of all taken, both in holes and out, there were 45 ; 14 males and 31 females. In 

 those that were out the two sexes were about equal in number. But all of the dozen or 

 more taken in their holes were females. 



+ Were taken under rails on a sandy piece of plowed ground, the weather being 

 cloudy and threatening rain. 



