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abdomen abdominal segments alæ anal cell antennæ apex apice arista band basal cell basis belong black spot blackish bones broad brown brownish-black characters Chondrosteans clay-yellow clypeus color convex costal coxæ crossbands dense Desvoidy Diptera discal cell elytra feet femora fishes forms fourth longitudinal vein front Ganoids genera genus Gerv Gill Gray Gthr hairs hind hyaline incertae sedis Incisors insects larvæ lateral Leidy less LOEW longitudinal vein lower jaw Macq Macquart mesothoracic metathorax middle molars narrow oblique ocelli Ortalidæ Ortalis ovipositor palpi Platystoma pleuræ pollen posterior angle posterior cell posterior crossvein posterior margin proboscis prothorax pubescence punctured rounded scutellum second longitudinal vein short slender small crossvein species specimens stigma stripes SUB-ORDER suture tarsi Teleosts third antennal joint third joint third longitudinal vein thoracic dorsum thorax tibiæ transverse Trypeta Ulidia upper jaw viii whitish Wied wings yellow yellowish
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Page xxiv - Memoirs of the Geological Survey of the United Kingdom. Figures and Descriptions illustrative of British organic remains. Decade x., 1861, pp.
Page 40 - With Observations on the Osteology, Natural Affinities, and probable Habits of the Megatherioid Quadrupeds in general. By RICHARD OWEN, FRS, &o.
Page 31 - On the eared seals (Otariada;), with detailed descriptions of the North Pacific species, by JA Allen. Together with an account of the habits of the northern fur seal (Callorhinus ursinus), by Charles Bryant.
Page 32 - Report on the United States and Mexican boundary survey, made under direction of the secretary of the interior, by William H.
Page 46 - Coracoid extending from the clavicle to the sternum, and only towards maturity anchylosed with the scapula. The oviducts, enlarged below into uterine pouches, but opening separately from one another, as in oviparous vertebrates, debouch, not into a distinct vagina, but into a cloacal chamber, common to the urinary and genital products, and to the faeces.