LETTERS ON ENTOMOLOGY. 137 
part; when this is done she leaves the victim 
and flies about, sure of finding it in the same 
place. The poor cock-roach has then lost all 
power of resisting its fierce enemy, who drags 
it backwards to her hole ; but if that is too far 
off, she takes two or three turns in the air by 
way of rest, and then proceeds : if the hole is too 
small to admit it, she bites off its legs or wings. 
It is high time to finish this long letter, so I 
shall leave you to make your own reflections on 
it, till I write again. Adieu. 
