CHAPTER VII.—INSTRUMENTS OF THE INSECT: AND ITS CHEMICAL ENERGIES, AS IN THE COCHINEAL AND THE CANTHARIDES.
Hitherto the writer has treated only of the silk of the bombyx, [193]
He now commends the culture of other silk-spinning species, [194]
And is led to speak of the ingenious instruments with which insects are provided, [194]
And of their general powers and properties, [195]
Something is said about their weapons, [196]
And the malalis is spoken of, [197]
CHAPTER VIII.—ON THE RENOVATION OF OUR ARTS BY THE STUDY OF THE INSECT.
The Fine Arts would profit by a close study of the insect, [201]
Much might be learned, for instance, from the cockchafer's wing, [202]