Show SOME MARRIAGES among insects the bride first devours a certain number of her suitors i the marr lago customs ot of insects ard dreadful and contrary to what happens in every other world here it Is the female of the couple who stands for strength and intelligence and also for or cruelty efad afia tyranny which appear I 1 to be their inevitable con consequence almost every wedding ends in the violent and immediate death of the husband often the bride first eats a certain number of suitors mil the type ot of these fantastic unions could be supplied by the tha Languedoc lan scorpions who as aa we wb know carry lobster claws and at a long tall tail supplied with a sting tho prick of which Is extremely dangerous they have a prelude to the tha festival in the shape ot of a sentimental stroll claw in claw then motionless with fingers still gripped they contemplate each other blissfully interminably and day and night pass OW over their ecstasy while they remain face to face petrified with admiration next the foreheads come together and touch the mouths lf it wo can give the name came of mouth to the monstrous orif ice that opens between the claws are joined in fia a sort of kiss after which the union Is accomplished the male la Is transfixed with a mortal sting and the terrible spouse crunches and gobbles him down with relish but the tha mantis the ecstatic insect with the arms always raised in an attitude of supreme invocation the hor biblo mantis re reet gilosa losa or praying ia act does better belter still she ehe eats eata her husbands for the insatiable creature sometimes consumes seven or eight running while they press her passionately to their heart ifer her inconceivable kisses devour not metaphorically but in an appallingly real fashion the ill fated choice ot of her soul or her stomach she bho begins with the head goes down to the thorax and does not stop till sho she comes to tho the hind bind legs which she fhe deems too tough she then pushes away the unfortunate remains while a new lover who was quietly awaiting the end of tho the monstrous banquet heroically cornea comes forward to undergo tho the samo same fate maurlee maurice mae ter linck in the forum |