1 88 MINUTE MARVELS OF NATURE 



while the we;ipons are brouoht into play. The 

 whole of these delicattt yet strong weapons can 

 be closed up within the outside sheaths, and thus 



I'ig. 123. Aiiotiiur \ tuw of the gad-Hy's nioutli, 

 sliowing thi"^ lai-ge lower lip 



form a tiny tube of surgical insruments that is 

 barely visible to the human eye. 



This voracious insect is by no means indifferent 

 to man, though he prefers the brute creation. 

 Not long ago, whilst fishing, a member of this 

 family of flies alighted on the hand in which I 



