Those Hok'rid Eakwicis 



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The youn^ earwij^, however, docs not stop 

 short at this point. When born or liatched from 

 the e<4<^, he closely resenibles his parents in most 

 respects, and as he grows and moults, he becomes 

 at each chanj^e 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 

 a p p e a r a n ce. 

 These are the 

 rudiments of 

 the wings and 

 w i n g - c a s e s, 

 whicii grow gra- 

 ilually under the 

 skin, and be- 

 come fully developed after the last moulting. We 

 may fairly take it for granted, thercfoie, that in 

 this case the young earwig when lirst 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 



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