INSECT ARCHITECTURE
JAMES RENNIE
LONDON: PRINTED BY W. CLOWES AND SONS, STAMFORD STREET AND CHARING
CROSS.
INSECT ARCHITECTURE
BY
JAMES RENNIE
_NEW EDITION, MUCH ENLARGED_
BY THE REV. J. G. WOOD, M.A.
AUTHOR OF "HOMES WITHOUT HANDS," ETC.
WITH NEARLY TWO HUNDRED ILLUSTRATIONS.
LONDON:
BELL AND DALDY, YORK STREET,
COVENT GARDEN.
1869.
EDITOR'S PREFACE TO THE NEW EDITION.
The proprietors of this interesting work having felt that much
additional knowledge of the subject has been obtained since the book
was written, have asked me to supply characteristic examples of
Insect Architecture which were not to be found in its pages. I have
accordingly added a considerable number of such examples, in most cases
accompanied by figures drawn from the specimens described. I have not
been at liberty to alter or expunge, and am not, therefore, responsible
for any portion of the letterpress except those passages which are
enclosed in brackets [ ]. Some of the specimens from which the figures
have been drawn are in my own collection, but the greater part are to
be found in the British Museum.
CONTENTS.
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CHAPTER I.
Introduction 1