THOSE HORRID EARWIGS 



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is no real metamorphosis', or a very imperfect 

 one ; hardly more change, indeed, than takes 

 place in the growth of humanity ; for the acquisi- 

 tion of walking and the addition of a beard and 

 other adult adjuncts may fairly be compared to 

 the development of the wings in the growing ear- 

 wig. It is quite 

 otherwise with 

 those insects 

 which under- 

 go a complete 

 metamorph- 

 osis, like bees 

 and butterflies. 

 The young 

 grub in the 

 comb does not 

 in the least re- 

 semble the full- 

 grown bee, 

 whether queen 

 or drone, or 

 worker ; the ca- 

 terpillar does 

 not in the 

 least resemble 

 the beautiful full-grown moth or butterfly. 



And here we get another curious piece of cross- 

 relationship ; for while the young earwig only 

 " throws back " to a primitive six-legged, wingless 

 insect, such as the one figured in No. 19, the 

 young bee or butterfly " throws back " to a far 



NO. l6. THE WINGS AT REST; THE WING- 

 CASES RAISED AGAIN. 



