Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1889-12-03
INSECTS,
slRos, RATTLEsNAkes ANr
SILK-WORMS.
Ircrssin. Lecture at Goidey's Com.
merciai College.

ot slutgard, Germany, lectured beior
uolGeys Commercial College yesterla
afternoon. There was large attendanc
OF professional gentleman and much
pleased. wide-awake students. His las
ieyimlug place before coming here wa
| Col llJatt's Pennsylvania Military
ACADEMY, and his uext one is the Wi
mlngton High School to-day. Insect
snI rsrtlesnakes constituted his topic.
OF seven different orders OF insects:
|. limehopiera include the wasp, mt
ETC., Tsimites, ur white Ante, are found
| IL llle tropics, including p irts of Africa
lud brazil. They build their houses II
icc' high and As /, so feet wide. Wa ls
iIupf lul outer are 8, 4, D or inchcs IN
thickness There are thousands Of little
/ opeliugs in the outside walls, which are
Two feet hi2h. They make a common
use OF the first story. The second story,
with several chambers, is for the soldiers
aud wurkmen. Tue workmen have heads
phaIei ike sloVels and WORK with them
10 buld their houses, clean them out,
etc. The toldiers have six Powerful
teeth, The third story is al! in one lIrge
empty hall Tor the use of their queen
md called queens hall" IL 10 the most
Interesting loom. The queen ketps on
growing larger until che is 4, ., 6, Z or 8
inches long.
Fof each aud every second of time in
i0ur consecutive years she lays an egg.
The soldiers carry the eggs away to pro
pei places of deposit la the chambers
while the w0rkmeD keep her hall clean.
TIE lOurih-story Is for soldiers, workmeu,
ihe Little Termltes and eggs. The iltlh-
,iory has the rantries containing the food
Tbs sixth story Is II very large, high
dome. The building has many openinge,
inside and out, aud all through, will
Inclined platiorms for the soldiers and
WurSmeh to go in and out, up and Il town.
A colony Of one hundred thousand mil.
Hons Of this insect have rule, disciriliue
Rd order.
H. lcpidoptera c,tde scaley- winged
insce's, butterflies, sphinx, moths, &c.
iet ne tell the lalies. with whom butter.
nrs are great iayOIitcs on account of
lbtit bright colors how 10 collect and
Keep them. Never handle them much
rns to ininie the plumage. Hold IL
hHdeTly by It's head and Place IL in II
hek with lis wings spread Or on chart.
hl'tjinrm II soit will not move and
damage ls plumage.
Spirits oi turpontine will kill It quickly
and preatrve the body. Insects breathe
through opcnings in the brea.t or abdo-
mtn. butterflies breathe through their
a.. trsoc,s h..,.,.,
worm They wind their product around
iOs.T o@n body and form a cocoon OF
4 pure s'ik. American sllk-worms are not
~ iot manufacturing purposes because
.Ty last two generations only. II you
cal, ,ns. ,,'r,5s and ct,nna M,'' ~ ~, tne worm
s,n a y.r. ~ tn,oro %oi !. cs 70 save me SILK
Nru lu,,, ''' O''o'e Onr'st IL mas Oeeh
III Gn'i,r, or ,,
+ ,rQl, N 'tl' t-.,. u, s"o,M!nsei insects
-s. np.''',o.'' s''' mnoS' roul mes, mouse
yA,,.t,. '"'o''' Nc' lhere are many
n ~. C0tc0ptfrI. mr. sbeath.wingol in.
-, rs 'H'iliie sag, colarade, June bee
|, N' ''he class has no mouth to
",H, Dut has tongue like needle
o." p '' '' ,uus lnio u plant and iu'us it.
!, "y.!a.ts The bark, sncki what sap
in 80, Ahu Ieayes u running
Ha,u 70 ths it,5esr locust All
~ ,hrougn = stages l. Egg;
N,',', ,ho y" lou o"' iisnti D. me chIysils,
.no Egg grown 10 niue thousand
~, ~ o"n s,%ei T. inc pnt'eril y. 1t
,I. 'i,s %su 49, oa 'nT r.. n3ear locust that
mn. ,,', It's nG' ne ie.nhie goes ana
was 'ne juice anu uses the opening to
sI'sn ,he egg. Inc chrysilis aud cater
'H grow III the lapse of time but II
IVN u years ior the locust 10 get here.
i'enlptera, or half-membraned
ySgs'' Insects, clcauas, tree bugs, &c.
uttloptera or straight winged in
giassnoppers and the Kind known
At, "St l''iah prague, Ratydids, nantes,
4 w %c'
| ,oa,. ,HeuIopt." OF nerved-winged
| DOCS etc Tbis ,ne,udoa a. n,1s, as.'
keils his egg in the water Chreniiis
ld ldcaI.rpillar mature In The water. The
nm, n,n
r,i II ., ,,.,l
EI.i h,', srshu DIVISIONS: THESE are d.
,lri, - uinereht iamlIes. These
I'M ,n,', ''o,ia''i'iies, ~ anu these INTO s,OuO
|g.,lnt LtnIi S'usi Vi whieh There are ',O0
kslnly ,"aa "',Is 70 in Ameilva. me beak is
n.rj N'VT ~ N classlhcatlon. Its shap
sntn1 uG huminihg BIRD is the moste
bmlrl S,o,oa "e'u are 10 varieties in the
# $hleI .,e tius. ,,'a Eacn lays white eggs,
nj ,gss ,nI qu:ekett Matched OF any
bhUe ''s o','ig .,N'ng only III TO IL days
fhe b.st 1s'a'n "s eeg taxes 30 TO % days
let a,J ,,",.1 "o a ,oie 10 WORK with, Is per
4 Mi, to"',ma V''eLiui -.
sLlcb ,,,.n o"S"u 10 longer than his bjak,
he oov.r or"' 80 10, as 10 get to the bottom
o. H. ne uses his tongue as
HI lopg s,i,,,,' i'' IN some birds, once
b ',rn". Mht, Sh'lt, In Others four, dye OF
|s MT 40 lnms ''ryia, rhan. tines INC spilts
tH If. inms is, mere are very hne
.ecls oli nt t'VIusne, ,It 30 as 10 get the little
y America has humming birds and
RArIlEsNAKra
Ol ,sakes ,nc va,,,,,,a. a No.,
|aAes > Mooa.",u a.,J.ies are; !. kattIe-