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Page 113
... acute sense of pain possessed by ourselves and warm - blooded animals , yet he wishes to impress on the collector of insects , that it is unjustifiable to subject any animal to even the possibility of suffering for our own gra ...
... acute sense of pain possessed by ourselves and warm - blooded animals , yet he wishes to impress on the collector of insects , that it is unjustifiable to subject any animal to even the possibility of suffering for our own gra ...
Page 117
... acute ; a pin should be passed through each , near the base ; then with a fine brush touch the acute point of the card with clean transparent gum - water , and again moistening the brush take up one of the insects and place it on the ...
... acute ; a pin should be passed through each , near the base ; then with a fine brush touch the acute point of the card with clean transparent gum - water , and again moistening the brush take up one of the insects and place it on the ...
Page 150
... acute elongate spine , " in- stead of saying " the posterior portion of the sternum of the metathorax of Hydrophilus & c . , " the construction of the word will at once carry the eye of the entomologist to the part intended . Straus ...
... acute elongate spine , " in- stead of saying " the posterior portion of the sternum of the metathorax of Hydrophilus & c . , " the construction of the word will at once carry the eye of the entomologist to the part intended . Straus ...
Page 160
... acute , truncate or rotundate , elongate or abbre- viated . A bifid ligula or ligula bifida , is when there is a deep notch down its centre , thus making the termination . double : a bifid ligula is usually very obtuse . A trifid ligula ...
... acute , truncate or rotundate , elongate or abbre- viated . A bifid ligula or ligula bifida , is when there is a deep notch down its centre , thus making the termination . double : a bifid ligula is usually very obtuse . A trifid ligula ...
Page 163
... acute and bent over towards the opposite blade : this kind of blade has its interior edge hirsute , dentate , or simple ; its point bifid or simple . An articulated blade or lacinia articulata , is when it unites with the disk of the ...
... acute and bent over towards the opposite blade : this kind of blade has its interior edge hirsute , dentate , or simple ; its point bifid or simple . An articulated blade or lacinia articulata , is when it unites with the disk of the ...
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acute alulæ antennæ composed ants apex apical appears appendages articulate bees beetles bifid bilobed blade blood body 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 seta situations six-jointed skin slender sometimes species spiracles stout substance surface tarsi three-jointed tion trees vegetables wood