Nature, Volume 47Sir Norman Lockyer Macmillan Journals Limited, 1893 - Science |
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... Species of Dipterous Insects of the Family Syrphide , in the Collection of the British Museum , with Notes on Species described by the late Francis Walker , E. E. Austen , 335 ; the Trap - door Spider , D. Cleveland , 375 ; The Fauna of ...
... Species of Dipterous Insects of the Family Syrphide , in the Collection of the British Museum , with Notes on Species described by the late Francis Walker , E. E. Austen , 335 ; the Trap - door Spider , D. Cleveland , 375 ; The Fauna of ...
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... species , " Mr. Wyld says : - " This is not quite satis- factory , for many actions that are instinctive are not oft- recurring , and many are not necessary to the preserva- tion of the species . " He does not show that there are any ...
... species , " Mr. Wyld says : - " This is not quite satis- factory , for many actions that are instinctive are not oft- recurring , and many are not necessary to the preserva- tion of the species . " He does not show that there are any ...
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... species of Belytidæ from New Zealand . The paper is accom- panied by representations of two insects in fine condition . Mr. Marshall abstains from giving tedious details , as the figures will , he believes , convey a better idea of ...
... species of Belytidæ from New Zealand . The paper is accom- panied by representations of two insects in fine condition . Mr. Marshall abstains from giving tedious details , as the figures will , he believes , convey a better idea of ...
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... species ; and even the latter were so compressed in description , by the exigencies of confining the book within narrow and definite limits , that it did not wholly supersede the use of the old " British Fungi . " In 1871 an effort was ...
... species ; and even the latter were so compressed in description , by the exigencies of confining the book within narrow and definite limits , that it did not wholly supersede the use of the old " British Fungi . " In 1871 an effort was ...
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... species in different seasons , but at different periods in the same year . This is certainly true in some species which have been tested , and should lead us to accept spore measurements as approximate rather than absolute . In ...
... species in different seasons , but at different periods in the same year . This is certainly true in some species which have been tested , and should lead us to accept spore measurements as approximate rather than absolute . In ...
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