Note 3 — Chapter XV · THE HERMIT OF SÉRIGNAN (CONTINUED)

However, contrary to what occurs in the case of the Apoderus, the conditions of his life seem to have been modified as profoundly as those of his geographical habitat; they became perhaps even further removed from those of his origin and his forebears. We know what his paternal ancestors were, and that they had no intimate knowledge of the insect world. His mother’s people were equally regardless of and devoid of affection for the little creatures that so absorbed and delighted him.3