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33. RESEMBLANCE AND RELATION . . . . . .264 



" Queer creatures! neither grass nor grasshoppers." Museum visi- 

 tors, lost in astonishment at the vegetable- seeming insect speci- 

 mens from India and China, the leaf-like, and its relative, the 

 stalk-like Mantis 271 



34. MOTHS AS IDLERS 272 



" Luxurious feeders amongst lazy flatterers." A trio of Moths 

 drinking deeply of honied wine, out of a flower flagon . . . 280 



SEPTEMBER. 



35. LOVERS OF PLEASURE 281 



" Thou dost dance and thou dost sing." A pair of Gryllidae^ Anac- 

 reontic types and patterns of supreme happiness .... 289 



36. PARASITES 290 



" The Puss, in its greatness, a prey to parasites." Wealth and 

 grandeur, in likeness of a " Puss Caterpillar" (a prince amongst its 

 fat fraternity), at once drained and incensed by parasitic satel- 

 lites of the tribe Ichneumon ..... ,297 



37. INSTINCTS OF MATERNITY 298 



" Admire the dexterity of the Leaf-cutter Bee." A Maternal 

 " Upholstress " shaping the material of her leaf-lined nest, which, 

 in form of a cradle, is represented near her 305 



38. FATHER LONGLEGS AND HIS FAMILY . . . .306 



" How vast (to an emmet) its stupendous elevation ! " A spacious 

 platform and commanding observatory for creeping millions . .313 



OCTOBER. 



39. THE SCARAB^EUS AND ITS MODERN WORSHIPPERS . 314 



" The Scarabau*. an amasser of filth, fit emblem of mammon wor- 

 ship." The Dung Beetle, set up on high for the adoration of the 

 sordid ...... .321 



