[4] Now classified as Lasiocampa quercus.—[Trans.]
[5] Rabasso is the Provençal name for the truffle; hence a truffle-hunter is known as a rabassier.
[6] Since these lines were written I have found it consuming one of the true tuberaceæ, the Tuber Requienii, Tul., of the size of a cherry.
[7] The difficulty in conceiving this theory lies in the fact that the waves travel in straight lines. On the other hand, matter in a state of degradation may expel particles highly energised and of enormous velocity. Most antennæ are covered with hairs of inconceivable fineness; others may contain cavities of almost infinite minuteness. Is it not thinkable that they are able to detect, in the gaseous atmosphere, floating particles that are not gaseous? This would not prevent the specialisation of antennæ as mere feelers in some insects and crustaceans. The difficulty of such a supposition lies in the fact of discrimination; but if we did not possess a sense of taste or smell discrimination would seem inconceivable in their case also.—[Trans.]
[8] This classification is now superseded; the Pea and Bean Weevils—Bruchus pisi and Bruchus lenti—are classed as Bruchidæ, in the series of Phytophaga. Most of the other weevils are classed as Curculionidæ, series Rhyncophora.—[Trans.]
[9] The Christmas number (Noël) of the Annales politiques et littéraires: Les Enfants jugés par leurs pères, 1901.
[10] The American usage is to call acridians grasshoppers and Locustidæ locusts. The English usage is to call Locustidæ grasshoppers and acridians locusts. The Biblical locust is an acridian.
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