Note 1 — Chapter xi · ONTHOPHAGI AND ONITICELLI
Alexander Teixeira de Mattos translation
The length of these nests is fourteen millimetres, the width seven.1 The upper surface is slightly concave, proving that the pressure has been exercised by the mother. The lower end is rounded like the bottom of the well which serves as a mould. I take a needle and with the point of it I pick the rustic structure to pieces. The mass of foodstuff occupies the base, forming the lower two-thirds of the thimble into a compact block; the cell containing the egg is at the top, under a thin, concave lid.