Show COUIIVT innvKix A IAIIVIIIIIII AMI A hCOlUlOX Aa our readers very well understand nearly all the rprclea 1 ot ladybird I or ladybur eubslut on other Insects or limit Inriw amt therefore are fittnds o the gardener and deserve Ills protect lon Thee Hula ormlurM Apparently without any sparebal ntliesa Dr capacity either for warfare or defense neverthe ees hivo he nuallllea of ollimbatim no s nn < 1 atubburnneaa t or Mill power highly ilerdoiied If we may judge of them by tho fullovolng Intermuner account ac-count IIhn bir I a OOIndnl ot Uou lIullrolo All the world knows the little lady bin bete a bon lleu Cocclnella < avptempunctata and everyone puitht to know flow very useful 1 Us presence Is In th KWnhimee I this little ctXenplcrn bring especially InMcthorout On the contrary few Small ore familiar with the M i orplona which howevm are common com-mon In he rrition I about Nice I nnd bo lone to ttte species linacorplila Itallcus Thy attain about an Huh nhd a half floor renllinetrea In length ore called tarantulas I In the country and are rr niuili ilreadnl hy the iwple I VitaOr t their puncture Is I not more venomous mor vlmou than that of a wasp Then ararhnlda kT Orb found la cool 1 dark placea and In lopoin K lint commercial colonies of > ouna Individuals are found In tilt ma Social of hotbeds I I was examining om plants In pots pluncid In n frame and from HIM of thmoralmIl In one hand a lot ot little omorp now about half an Inch r length Ml on my sleet I The first Impression woo dlsaxreeflbtv I nrkno ledge but having mind the welfare of my plant I remained quiet without giving nay to the desire lo let a i > of the Slot Then I hastened to > hak my arm from which fell a our of tarantulas anti with them a lady bird frliklna In a singular fashion was itruniiint with on of my scorpions Cecil illniilnit he other Their moi merits er so rapid I so disorderly that It loas necrsaary lo b rig to my AI Ih3 len In order ta e which of the two was ol holding his ndcnury U was fill little loculnrllit I who was holding In her mnilllary 1 > Ills 1 oils ot the clans 1 ot Site Horphm nnd WAS trylna lo tear It dfen4u11hd by Its IftL Th Oopln IIIn 1 hlm1 furiously by mn I hI his other 0 law but no Iwnll able In grasp the head r hla adversary which Ion waa cry manifest heai a aluiing to do Tile tun Inserts At Te 00 nb lorlxd In the light that I Woo able without trouble to take th n1 I t hem under a glass During nn bUr AM a half the combat wag conlinuul without the ladybird relaxing her old I ln ber prey twIce aa large as hi r In If Finally the iworplon exhausted v It a obliged In give J obl up a moment of tANA i lion In his defense permitted the ng greiiscr lo cut the font and ho ctaS tn Move Tho ladybird preparing her I Probably to vat I ran around her vlllm ihahlng her wings In rag or II logo e but ns In I orde to bottcr tat rn Ih I glass Ihe mil culmpura haul dttUbl t tlohlonol I look In r IRhl A Ill No IIOId the orllilr 1 an r II I I II 101 |