Annual Report, Volumes 34-37

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Page 76 - The sum is this. If man's convenience, health, Or safety interfere, his rights and claims Are paramount, and must extinguish theirs. Else they are all — the meanest things that are, As free to live, and to enjoy that life, As God was free to form them at the first, Who in his sovereign wisdom made them all.
Page 92 - ... will be found to be of great value to Canadian students on account of the similarity of the fauna treated of and that of vast and varying areas in Canada. It is a most welcome addition to the literature of an order which requires many more students than so far have given their attention to it. Mr. Wm. Metcalfe of Ottawa has shown what good work may be done even in a restricted locality by an energetic collector. WRIGHT, WG, The Butterflies of the West Coast of the United States. (The Wittaker...
Page 76 - Sacred to neatness and repose, th' alcove, The chamber, or refectory, may die : A necessary act incurs no blame. Not so when, held within their proper bounds, And guiltless of offence, they range the air, Or take their- pastime in the spacious field ; There they are privileged : and he that hunts Or harms them there, is guilty of a wrong, Disturbs th' economy of Nature's realm, Who, when she form'd, design'd them an abode.
Page 96 - ... or true proboscis, which contains a tube for suction. Feet. — These organs vary with the habits of life in different species. The limb consists of five divisions: the coxa or hip, the trochanter, the femur or thigh, the tibia or shank, and the tarsus or foot. This last has usually five joints, but sometimes less. The Coleoptera are subdivided into groups, according as the tarsus consists of five, four, or three segments. The last joint is furnished with hooks or claws, and in the fly, etc.,...
Page 36 - ... and this species of mosquito. The insect becomes infected by sucking the blood from an infected human being. The malarial organism having thus entered the stomach of the mosquito, passes through certain changes of its existence in the body of the insect, and at the end of about 8 days reaches the poison gland.
Page 54 - The leaf was its shelter and store of food; for it fed upon the parenchyma, and left only the veins and skin. The case was its stronghold. The name of the insect is Semasia sig-natana. Our native insect pests are bad enough ; but the insect foes that we most dread are the foreigners, for the reason that "it is better to deal with the devil you know than the devil you don't know.
Page 28 - After payment of dues, the Society proceeded to the election of officers for the ensuing year, which resulted as follows : President, EM Morehouse, MD ist Vice-President, C, H.
Page 81 - ... Metagama, and from that time until we reached Mattawa on our return there was no respite. It is impossible to convey an adequate idea of the suffering which we were obliged to endure from their attacks, and no application of oil or salve to our hands and faces seemed to have any effect in keeping them off. Although they were very annoying at all times, they were probably most active on cloudy days and at a temperature ranging from 45 degrees to 70 degrees F. They were more numerous on land than...
Page 134 - ... one hundred gallons of water, to which four or five pounds of laundry soap or whale-oil soap FALSE APPLE REDBUG: ADULT AND FIFTH-STAGE NYMPH. MUCH ENLARGED has been added. The soap aids the tobacco in sticking and spreading and thus makes it more effective. The first application should be made just before the blossoms open, and the second just after the blossoms fall. Each spraying should be made in a thorough manner, and an abundance of the liquid should be supplied. THE APPLE-LEAF APHIS Aphis...
Page 47 - It may be dealt with by spraying with a carbolic wash made of one quart of soft soap (or one pound of hard soap) in a gallon of water...

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