ed before a strip, built up on the rim, has
doubled the length of the Long-legged Clythra's shell, in order to
maintain the capacity of the earthenware jar in proportion to the size
of the grub, which has been growing from day to day. The recent
portion, the work of the larva, is very plainly distinguishable from
the original shell, the product of the mother; it is smooth over its
whole extent, whereas the rest is ornamented with tiny holes arranged
in spiral rows.

Planed away inside as it becomes too tight, the jar grows wider and at
the same time longer. The dust taken from it, once more kneaded into
mortar, is reapplied outside, more or less everywhere, and forms a
rubble under which the original beauties end by disappearing. The
neatly-pitted masterpiece is swamped by a layer of brown plasterwork;
not always entirely, however, even when the structure reaches its
final dimensions. If we pass an attentive lens between the two humps
at the lower end, we very often see, encrusted in the earthy mass, the
remains of the shell of the egg. This is the potter's mark. The
arrangement of the spiral ridges, the number and the shape of the pits
enable us almost to read the name of the maker, Clythra or
Cryptocephalus.

From the very first I could not imagine the worker in ceramic paste
designing its own pottery by drafting the first outlines. My doubts
were justified. The grubs of the Clythra and the Cryptocephalus
possess a maternal legacy in the shape of a shell, a garment which
they have only to enlarge. They are born the owners of a layette which
becomes the groundwork of their trousseau. They increase it, without,
however, imitating its artistic elegance. A more vigorous age discards
the laces in which the mother delights to clothe the new-born child.

INDEX

A

Acarus, 33, 44

Adder, 294, 296

_AEgosomus scabricornis_, 317

_Ammophila hirsuta_ (Hairy Ammophila), 96, 304

Andrena, 55, 85

Anoxia, 266

Ant, 294

_Anthaxia nitidula_, 216

Anthidium (_see also_ the varieties below), 180, 236, 280

_Anthidium bellicosum_, 180

_Anthidium scapulare_, 179

Anthophora (_see also_ the varieties below), 28, 30-34, 37, 39-41,
43-45, 53-61, 63-71, 73-75, 77-82, 84, 88, 90, 93, 97, 100, 103-105,
107-110, 114, 126, 128, 131, 139, 151, 163, 176, 179

_Anthophora parietina_, 28, 86, 90

_Anthophora personata_ (_see_ Masked Anthophora), 86

_Anthophora pilipes_ (_see_ Hairy-footed Anthophora), 29, 64, 8