Of the services rendered by the scavenger-insects, [169]
Of the value of certain insects as food, [170]
As, for instance, in the case of the locust, [171]
The law of retaliation illustrated, [172]
CHAPTER V.—A PHANTASMAGORIA OF LIGHT AND COLOUR.
How does the insect express its intensity of vital force? [175] In various ways, but specially through its glowing hues, [176]
Which are displayed with a profusion that astonishes and almost overcomes the observer, [177]
But are not inconsistent with an ingenious mimicry, [177]
A diversion is made to the tropical forest, [178]