Packard.] DELATIONS OF INSECTS TO MAN. 
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does not last long, nor does it swell much, and is not so pain¬ 
ful, nor does it produce so much inconvenience as the sting 
of the honey bee. In countries where they abound, people 
do not regard them with much terror. Chickens are very 
fond of them and voraciously devour every one they can 
find.” The scorpion brings forth its young alive. 
The centipede is an annoying and even dangerous insect; 
the poison glands are lodged in the head, opening into the 
fig. 63. 
American Scorpion. 
channelled jaws as in the spiders. The bite of the larger 
species is most formidable. 
Few are aware how painful and annoying is the irritation 
set up by the hairs of certain caterpillars. The hairs of 
many kinds are finely barbed•; such are those of the Ctenucha 
figured in our frontispiece. The caterpillar feeds on grass, 
and I extract from my notes an account of the mode in 
which it constructs its cocoon, tearing its slender barbed 
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