Read more
Excerpt from Les Métamorphoses des Insectes
Jusqu'au dix-sept1eme siècle on ignora comment la larve qui rampe sur le sol se rattache à l'adulte ailé dont la subtile atmosphère devient le domaine. Cepen dant l'observation des petits animaux remonte à la plus haute antiquité, surtout à cause des dangers qu'ils font courir à l'agriculture. Les scarabées sacrés. Qui enter rent et enlèvent les immondices corrupteurs de l'air.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
