MY WATER-LOVERS. 



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only the wasteful beetles added this strip, the 

 more economical ones refusing to expend silk 



Eggs of Hydrophilidoe ( Calif ornian) as laid in my bottle. Eggs 

 with and without floating strip. 



in making an addition that was apparently of 

 no use. 



If some too-hasty mortal, wishing to perceive 



