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ZOOLOGY 



hide during the day under stones or debris of the seashore, or 

 in flowers on which tl:iey feed. Those that hide in debris feed 



Fig. 11. — Phasmomanfis Carolina. Prajdng-mantis of southern United 

 States. Nat. size. Copied from Packard. 



on living and dead animals and plants found there. They 

 either crawl about or fly during the night. The name " ear- 

 wig " seems to have arisen 

 from an unwarrantable be- 

 lief that these insects pen- 

 etrate into the ears of 

 IDcrsons who are asleep. 

 The walking-sticks and 

 leaf-insects (Phasmids) 

 show to a marvellous de- 

 gree a likeness to the twigs 

 and leaves among which 

 they li\-c. The most re- 

 markable forms li\'e in the 

 tropics. Such ha-\'e large 

 wings which resemble in 

 form, color, and venation 

 either living or dry leaves. 

 Upon those species that 



Pig. 12. — Dorsal and lateral views of an 

 earwig, common along shores (Aiii- 

 solabis marilivia). 



