MANNER OF DEPOSITING THE EGG. 47 



on the leaves of the elder, for which he was unable 

 to account. The representation of them in the 

 cut will enable the reader to form his own opinion 

 as to the difficulty of ascertaining whether they 

 were flowers or the nests of an insect. 



The manner in which these eggs are thus regu- 

 larly placed by the insect is interesting. Placing 

 herself upon the 

 leaf in the atti- 

 tude represent- 

 ed, she fastens a 

 thread to the 

 leaf, draws it out 

 in the same way 

 as a spider does 

 her lines, and 

 when it has got 

 sufficiently firm 

 the wise insect 

 then puts forth 

 the egg, glueing 



Manner of depositing the Egg. 



it to the extre- 

 mity of the stalk; this done, she quits it and begins 

 to form another, repeating the same actions until 

 the proper number is laid. Poised on the summit 



