The Life of an Insect being a history of the changes of insects from the egg to the perfect being.
Chapter II.--_Structure and contents of the Egg._--Its
Shape--Remarkable mistake about an Insect--The Lace-wing Fly--Eggs carved on their surface--Colours of Eggs--Changes of Colour--Eggs of the Garden Spider--Pretty Nests--Anatomy of the Egg--Contents of the Egg 43