8/30 SCHEFFER'S SISYPHUS (see Chap. PELLET OF THE SISYPHUS WITH DEJECTA OF THE LARVA FORCED THROUGH THE WALLS.] To be present at the construction of the nest--to learn how the Mantis contrives to build so complex a structure--such was the main point of my researches. I succeeded, not without difficulty, as the eggs are laid without warning and nearly always at night. |