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Marvels of Insect Life* 



to earth when attracted by some- 

 thing that we should consider un- 



savoury, 

 themselves 

 laying 

 the 



The collectors avail 



of this weakness by 



snares of rotten cheese in 



of its haunts, 



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neighbourhood 

 and so attracting it within reach 

 of their nets. African species of 

 the same genus, however, though 

 fond of such things, and drinking 

 of the juices that exude from trees, 

 are also said by Trimen to be 

 attracted by honey, and the smaller 

 ones to be in the habit of visiting 

 flowers for the sake of their nectar. 

 Some of these African species are 

 much larger than the European 

 pasha, and have their wings glossed 

 with blue or purple, like our purple 

 In some species the sexes differ considerably in form and colour. 



The 



[Hugh Main, F.E.S. 



Pasha with Two Tails. 



The pasha with his wings extended, showing the markings of the upper side. 

 The wings are brown, margined with orange, and spotted with orange and 

 blue. The tails, of which there arc four instead of the two indicated by the 

 name, are black. It is a high and rapid flier, and very difficult to catch. 



emperor. 



Stick-Insects. 



Although related to the mantids and much more closely to the walking-leaf 

 Insects, the stick-Insects ^ differ widely in appearance from both. They are very 

 slender and of relatively great length. In all the species that possess wings the 

 wing-covers are very small and quite inadequate for the office of covering the 



wings. But in many species neither 

 wings nor wing-covers are de- 

 veloped, and in these cases, of 

 course, the resemblance to a vege- 

 table stem is enhanced by the 

 dcficiencv. This resemblance is 

 further helped b\- the fact that all 

 the limbs are very similar in sha})e, 

 and usually thin. They are mostly 

 held at such angles as would suggest 

 side-shoots from the supposed twig 

 or branch re})resented by the 

 Insect's bod}\ The hind-legs are 

 not develo]:)ed for leaping as in 

 their relations, the grasshoppers, 

 nor are the fore-legs adapted lor 

 seizing prey as in their nearer kin, 

 the mantids. They are all purely 

 vegetable feeders. Much of the 



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The Pasha with Two Tails. 



in. Main, F.E.S. 



This pjiotograph exhibits the wonderful colouring of the under surfac<'. 

 which is a beautiful but coniplicated pattern of spots, streaks, and bands 

 of grey, maroon, brown, wliite, orange, and black. 



' Phasmidas. 



