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FLASHI-KIHTS 0\ XAiris'K 



Fij^. A, vibrate syinpathctically in unison with the 

 notes ol a tiiiiiiij4-f()rk, within the raiiL^e of the 

 s:)uncls emitted b\' (he leinale. In othc-r words, 

 hairs and (hums \us\ an^wei" to one anothei". We 

 may, theieton.-, i (.-.isonablv eonehide that tlie female 

 sin^s in order to please and attiaet hei" wanderin.i^ 

 mate, and that the anteini;e of tlu- male are oi'^ans 

 of hearing whieh eateh and ie->p')nd to the bu/.zinjf 

 nmsic she pour-^ toith toi hei lo\'.i s rai>. A whole 

 swaim of .L^nat-^ ean be biou^ht down, imleed, by 



utteiinj^ the appro- 

 priate note of the 

 laee ; xoii ean eall 

 tliL-m somewhat as 

 you ean eall male 

 ^low-worms b\' 

 showing a h.Liht 

 whieh they mistake 

 for the female. 



A mneh lait^ei" 

 and more jiowerful 

 liiiti^h bloodsueker 

 than the mo->i.|nito, a^ain, is the ^adlly oi" hoise- 

 tly, wiiose life-^i/e poitiait Mi. Knoek ha> diawn 

 for us in Xo. lo. Most people know this fear- 

 some beast well m the liehK in simnner. He 

 has a triek ol settling on the baek of one's neek, 

 and miking a hole' in om-'s skin with his sharp 

 mandibles ; alter whieh he. (.piietly sneks one's blood 

 almost without one's peieeiyinij him. Horses in 

 pastures are oftcai teiribly troubk-d b\' these per- 

 sistent ereatures, whieh make no noise, but creep 



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