CONTENTS. XV 



curious process of conversion in Bee Queen-making, discovered by Schirach 

 in his * La Keine des Abeilles' 263 



15. MOTHS AS DESTRUCTIVES. 



On the left side of the vignette is the Lackey Moth, CUsiocampa neustria, on 

 the right the Gold Tail Moth, PortTwsia chrys&rrTuxa, beneath each of which 

 are their respective Caterpillars, and in the centre is an Oak leaf with a file 

 of infant Caterpillars of the latter species, engaged in stripping it of its 

 verdure. Over this hang suspended numerous chrysalides of the black and 

 yellow Ermine Moth, Yponomeuta padella, and above all, in flight, is the 

 small Green Oak Moth, Tortriac viridana, with its Caterpillar engaged in its 

 ravages as a leaf-roller. From one of these scrolls protrudes the empty shell 

 of its chrysalis, and behind this are the remains of leaves which it has re- 

 duced to skeletons 264 



Moths of the Banners of the tale, illustrating by the armorial bearings on the 

 wings of one, and the equipage on the wings of the other, the two con- 

 suming principles of Pride of Birth and Pride of Show *'.. 283 



16. WATER DEVILS. 



The central insects, swimming on their backs, are examples of the Water Boat- 

 men, Nbtonecta, gl(w<M, the nearer one being attacked by the little Whirlwig 

 Beetle, Gyrinus natator, while the other is gliding head foremost into 

 the extended jaws of the fierce larva of the "Water Beetle, HydrojMlus 

 Garaboides. On the rushes to the right is a "Water Scorpion, Nepa cinerea. 

 In the distance are the linear forms of two "Water Measurers, Sydrometra 

 stagnorum, and below them is a Water Bug of less slender growth, Velio, 

 currens. The figures above represent the Water Scorpion and Water Boat- 

 man in flight 284 



A Boat-Fly punt, with crew of diabolic aspect, queer and cruel, fit passengers 

 for Charon's ferry-boat. The captive of the party, with uplifted arms, rep- 

 resents a young and imperfect Water Scorpion, and the shadowy imp em- 

 ployed in the erection of the flag exhibits the linear form and piercing 

 proboscis of the Water-Measurer. In the head of the rower is depicted that 

 of the aquatic larva of the Dragon-Fly, with face concealed by a natural 

 mask capable of being depressed or raised, shut or opened at pleasure. Of 



