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THE INSECT WORLD. 



With a Slight ash-coloured dow. ^^s fbj^^ i^ si^ 



and sides ; the abdomen is edged with black , the wm^s n) . , 



yellow at the base. cpction of Anthomyidcs com- j 



very much— black, grey, anu iiuii *-u vpflertions which are- 



animal according to ^^^ ^^^^ ^{^^^^^ 



in their habits as well as in their organisation. 



In this group of Diptera we will first say 



a few words about the AnthomicE- These' 



flies are to be found in most gardens, and on;, 



all flowers, parUcularly on the heads of Com- 



^osit^ and UmbeUifer^. They often uni 



in numerous bands m the air, and mdulge n. 



the joyous dances to which love myites them 



The females deposit their eggs m the ground 



and their larv^ are there quickly developed 



The latter suspend themselves to cer au 



bodies, the same as some lepidopterous chr> 



salides, in order to transform themselves mt 



^"^^^Xx^AnthomyiaphiviaHs (Fig. 63) is froi; 

 two to four lines in length, and of a whitis 

 ash-colour. Its wings are hyaline, the thora, 

 has five black spots, and the abdomen thre 

 rows of similar spots. 



We will stop a moment with the /^4| 



myice, which are very interesting _m the Ian, 



state, and which excited the interest aii| 



sao-acity of Reaumur. \ 



The cradle of these Cetera is the i™ "^^J^i^: 



holds a leaf in which one of '-^f-^^^^f^^e^'we membra/ 

 the light, one sees the ^-j^^^X fS o M,™ 'lorny pieces, a 

 Its head IS armed with =i '^°o''' *°'"^„° . Ihe leaf The effect 

 with this hook it digs into the parenchyma of the leal. 



Fig. 6j.— Auinomyla pluvialis. 



