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of his work, represents the brain of the bee in order to 

 give an idea of its bullv. 



It is known that Camper considered that the greater 

 the facial angle in animals, the lower their intelligence. 

 Mr. White, an English savant, has made this clearly 

 perceptible by representing the heads of a large series of 

 vertebrata from man to the crane, the extreme lengthening 

 of the ftxce of which corresponds to its intellectual infer- 

 iority. An analogous work might perhaps be executed in 

 respect to insects. At the beginning of the picture would 



92. C'oleoptera of the family of CaraliidEe. 



be found the tiger-beetle and the Carabidfe, daring flesh- 

 eating insects of ferocious habits, and with strongly marked 

 heads; at the other end of the scale we should find the long- 

 beaked Curculio, which, from the extreme prolongation of 

 its facial angle and its limited capacity, would correspond 

 perfectly with the crane. 



The intelligence of insects rises rmder certain circum- 



