CHAPTEE V 



INSECT LIFE : PROBOSCIS OF BLOW- 

 FLY AND EGGS OF FLY 



Insect Life. 



A T first sight the study of insect life may 

 *"*' not appear very attractive, but there 

 are some insects far more gorgeous in their 

 every-day coats than are many of the Eastern 

 potentates when bedecked with jewels of un- 

 told costliness. The microscope brings the 

 insect's gems and scales and facets and 

 plumes within the bounds of our appreciation, 

 but fails to exhaust all their sheen and un- 

 sullied brightness. 



The various parts of the insect command 

 our highest admiration. The muscular system 

 of insects has always excited the wonder and 



