836 THE LIFE OF AN INSECT. 



it in-doors, and there look closely at its various 

 parts and appendages. There we find two long, 

 delicate, thread-like organs springing from the 

 head ; then we come to the head, with its different 

 organs ; farther back is a separate portion, distinct 

 from the head, and distinct, also, from the remain- 

 der of the body of the insect ; at the side of it 

 are the wings ; below are the legs ; last of all we 

 bring under our notice the remaining division of 

 the insect's body, the abdomen. Now if Anatomy 

 stood at our right hand while we took notice 

 of each part, she would point out all the peculiari- 

 ties of its structure, and would tell us of how many 

 other parts it was made up, and how all were beau- 

 tifully and wonderfully put together by the skill of 

 the Great Creator, Further than this, she would, 

 very probably, strongly insist upon our remem- 

 bering each part by a particular name ; and, as 

 we may add, since she is particularly fond of, and 

 learned in, Latin and Greek, we may rest quite 

 assured each name she communicated to us would 

 be in one or other of these classical languages; 

 for example, instead of saying the butterfly was 

 one of the "scale-winged" insects, which would 

 be far too homely for her, she would declare that 



