Excerpt from Common Native Insects of South Australia, Vol. 2: A Popular Guide to South Australian Entomology, Lepidoptera, or Butterflies and MothsThe thorax or breast consists of three segments, firmly united into one mass, of which the first bears the first pair of legs, the second the large fore wings and middle legs, and the last is furnished with the hind wings and legs and the abdomen, which is attached by a very slender connective.The abdomen consists of six or seven' segments, the last never bearing any sting or other appendage, but in a few kinds that of the female is elongated, and can be withdrawn or pushed out at will, and is employed as an ovipositor, to place the eggs (some times exceedingly numerous) in the ground, or in cracks and crannies of the bark.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.