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... covered by the water it is long , cylindrical , considerably thickened pos- teriorly , and nearly transparent ; its head is distinctly sepa- rated from the body , and is of an oblong form ; it has four jaws moving horizontally , each ...
... covered by the water it is long , cylindrical , considerably thickened pos- teriorly , and nearly transparent ; its head is distinctly sepa- rated from the body , and is of an oblong form ; it has four jaws moving horizontally , each ...
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... very small compass , and covered by the fore wings , except a small portion which protrudes from beneath them ; and , when examined in this position , appear totally useless as organs of flight . 10 HISTORY OF INSECTS .
... very small compass , and covered by the fore wings , except a small portion which protrudes from beneath them ; and , when examined in this position , appear totally useless as organs of flight . 10 HISTORY OF INSECTS .
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... covered by their multitudes . Afterwards , about the date 200 B.C. , we have it on record , that locusts again swarmed in the same part of Africa . St. Augustin mentions another enor- mous swarm in the same region , which devoured every ...
... covered by their multitudes . Afterwards , about the date 200 B.C. , we have it on record , that locusts again swarmed in the same part of Africa . St. Augustin mentions another enor- mous swarm in the same region , which devoured every ...
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... covered the face of the earth ; the trees bent with their weight ; and in some places the mass of their dead bodies was four feet in depth . In 1748 a swarm of locusts visited the Austrian dominions : at Vienna the breadth of the swarm ...
... covered the face of the earth ; the trees bent with their weight ; and in some places the mass of their dead bodies was four feet in depth . In 1748 a swarm of locusts visited the Austrian dominions : at Vienna the breadth of the swarm ...
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... covered . She then leaves the horse at a small distance , prepares a second egg , and , poising herself before the part , deposits it in the same way the liquor dries , and the egg becomes firmly glued to the hair . This is repeated ...
... covered . She then leaves the horse at a small distance , prepares a second egg , and , poising herself before the part , deposits it in the same way the liquor dries , and the egg becomes firmly glued to the hair . This is repeated ...
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acute alulæ antennæ composed ants apex apical appears appendages articulate bees beetles bifid bilobed blade blood body British butterflies caterpillar cells cerebroid chrysalis clap-net clavated cocoon Coleoptera colour corneous covered cylindrical Diptera distinct eggs elytra Entomological entomologist feeler-jaw female filiform antennæ five-jointed flies flight flowers fore wings four-jointed galea ground hairy head Hemiptera hind wings Hymenoptera ichneumon Imago with antennæ Imago with filiform incrassated Inhabits and feeds insects labial feelers labium labium short labourers Larva Larva and pupa Larva elongate Larva inhabits larvæ legs Lepidoptera ligula locust males mandibles maxillæ maxillæ obtuse maxillary feelers mesothorax metathorax minute moths motion mouth muscles nearly nerves nervures ocelli three organs Orthoptera ovipositor pectinated perfect insect perfectly podeon portion possess posterior preceding order prehensile prothorax Pupa changes resembling scutellum second joints segments situations six-jointed skin slender sometimes species spiracles stout substance surface tarsi three-jointed tion trachea trees vegetables wood
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Page 197 - Were we to press, inferior might on ours; Or in the full creation leave a void, Where, one step broken, the great scale's destroy'd: From Nature's chain whatever link you strike, Tenth, or ten thousandth, breaks the chain alike. And if each system in gradation roll, Alike essential to th' amazing whole, The least confusion but in one, not all "That system only, but the whole must fall.
Page xv - Learn of the mole to plough, the worm to weave; Learn of the little nautilus to sail, Spread the thin oar, and catch the driving gale. Here too all forms of social union find, And hence let Reason, late, instruct mankind: Here subterranean works and cities see ; There towns aerial on the waving tree. Learn each small people's genius, policies, The ants...
Page 28 - For this purpose they sheath or draw back the hooks almost entirely within the skin, until the two points come close to each other. They then present them to the membrane, and, keeping them parallel till it is pierced through, they expand them in a lateral direction, and...
Page 62 - These apartments compose an intricate labyrinth, which extends a foot or more in diameter from the royal chamber on every side. Here the nurseries and magazines of provisions begin ; and, being separated by small empty chambers and galleries, which surround them, and communicate with each other...
Page 65 - The third order, or the insect in its perfect state, varies its form still more than ever. The head, thorax, and abdomen, differ almost entirely from the same parts in the labourers and soldiers; and, besides this, the animal is now furnished with four fine large brownish transparent wings, with which it is at the time of emigration to wing its way in search of a new settlement.
Page 27 - ... ripe, after which time the slightest application of warmth and moisture is sufficient to bring forth, in an instant, the latent larva. At this time, if the tongue of the horse touches the egg, its operculum is thrown open, and a small active worm is produced, which readily adheres to the moist surface of the tongue, and is from thence conveyed with the food to the stomach.
Page 58 - Africa, that it is scarcely possible to stand upon any open place, such as a rice- plantation or other clear spot, where one or more of these buildings is not to be seen within fifty paces. In some parts near Senegal, as mentioned by Adanson, their number, magnitude, and closeness of situation, make them appear like the villages of the natives.
Page 54 - The burying-beetles hunt in couples, male and female ; and when six or eight are found in a large animal, they are almost sure to be males and females, in equal numbers : they hunt by scent only, the chase being mostly performed when no other sense would be very available, viz., in the night. When they have found a bird, great comfort is expressed by the male, who wheels round and round above it, like an eagle, — the female settles on it at once, without this testimonial of satisfaction ; the male...
Page 131 - Contrivance intricate, express'd with ease, Where unassisted sight no beauty sees, The shapely limb and lubricated joint, Within the small dimensions of a point, Muscle and nerve miraculously spun, His mighty work, who speaks and it is done, The invisible in things scarce seen reveal'd, To whom an atom is an ample field...
Page 64 - ... is flat on the upper surface, and half an inch wide, and ascends gradually like a staircase, or like those roads which are cut on the sides of hills and mountains, that would otherwise be inaccessible: by which, and similar contrivances, they travel with great facility to every interior part. ' " This too is probably the cause of their building a kind of bridge of one vast arch, which answers the purpose of a flight of stairs from the floor of the area to some opening on the side of one of the...