A WOOD-EATER. 



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trance there, in most cases dies, leaving her body to 

 stop up the passage and protect her nursery from 

 possible intruders. 



In course of time the eggs produce tiny white 

 grubs that, as soon as they are born, begin to feed 



a, Scoletus full sTowa ; c, under side of same ; b, grub ; «, foot ; d, foreleg ; 

 /j antenna; ^, burrows ; h, burrows of a smaller species. 



upon the substance of the tree. Instructed by an in- 

 stinct implanted in them by an all-wise Creator, they 

 start off at such an angle from the main gallery as 



