26 GRAMMAR OF ENTOMOLOGY. 



end, a portion of the shell falling completely off; 

 and the perfect insect then emerging through the 

 aperture, escapes from his confinement, and soon 

 attains hardness and maturity, and flies away. 



74. A second species of hot lays its egg on the 

 lips of the horse, occasioning an annoying itching, 

 at which the animal is much distressed, rubbing 

 his nose violently against the ground, the stein of 

 a tree, or his own legs, or galloping away with all 

 his might : both the larva and perfect insect of 

 this species are smaller than those of the fore- 

 going. 



