Show french zoo adapted for forS study ludy of insects mat might be called tin an insect zoo has just opened in parts paris in the new viv arlum in the jardin des nantes Plan les the public has the extraordinary experience peri ence of watching insects to in their natural en each group shown in an indoor glass cage fitted up to seem like home to the toots tants this has not been so easy of accomplishment as it might seem the insects come from various climates thus a complicated heating system Is necessary to simulate the african desert in one cage find and a coolish tern tem pera ture in the next to in some soine cases it haa boa been necessary to fool the in ae sects acts for the benefit of the public the scorpions if left to their own devices would completely disappear from sight eight however they seem well satisfied to bide be beneath plates of transparent glass through which they can aas easily lly be seen several cages are devoted to exhibits of insect mimicry the giant look like the green leaves they feed upon and others exactly resemble the straw colored branches to which they are clinging the observer must watch closely for some movement to tell which Is which |