CHAP. 33. (28.)—THE WINGS OF INSECTS. [Note]
There are some insects which have two wings, flies, for
instance; others, again, have four, like the bee. The wings
of the grasshopper are membranous. Those insects which are
armed with a sting in the abdomen, have four wings. None
of those which have a sting in the mouth, have more than
two wings. The former have received the sting for the purpose of defending themselves, the latter for the supplying of
their wants. If pulled from off the body, the wings of an
insect will not grow again; no insect which has a sting inserted in its body, has two wings only.
