Note 1 — Chapter ii · THE SPOTTED LARINUS
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A second point becomes clear. In order to insert the egg at convenient points, it is the rule for the insect to possess an implement with two functions, an implement which at the same time opens the passage and guides the eggs along it. This is the case with the Cicada,1 the Grasshopper,2 the Saw-fly, the Leucospis3 and the Ichneumon-fly,4 all of whom carry a sabre, a saw or a probe at the tip of the abdomen.