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The young earwig, however, does not slop 

 short at this point. When born or hatched from 

 the egg, he closely resembles his parents in most 

 respects, and as he grows and moults, he becomes 

 at each change more and more like them, till at 

 last he is justly considered " the very image of 

 his father." At 

 a certain stage 

 in his develop- 

 ment, indeed, 

 we find that 

 on two seg- 

 ments or rings 

 of the body, 

 two promin- 

 ences or protu- 

 berances begin 

 to make their 

 appearance. 

 These are the 

 rudiments of 

 the wings and 

 wing-cases, 

 which grow gra- 

 dually under the 

 skin, and be- 

 come fully developed after the last moulting. We 

 may fairly take it for granted, therefore, that in 

 this case the young earwig when first hatched out 

 resembles the original wingless ancestor of the 

 race ; but as time goes on, he begins to assume 

 the various forms which the race has passed 



NO. 14. THE TAIL STRAIGHTENED 

 OUT AGAIN. 



