The Proceedings of the Scientific Meetings of the Zoological Society of LondonLongman, Green, Longmans, and Roberts, 1867 |
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... MOORE . [ Continued from Proc . Zool . Soc . 1865 , p . 823. ] ( Plates VI . & VII . ) The first part of this " List of the Lepidopterous Insects of Ben- gal " appeared in the Society's Proceedings ' for December 1865 ; and in it were ...
... MOORE . [ Continued from Proc . Zool . Soc . 1865 , p . 823. ] ( Plates VI . & VII . ) The first part of this " List of the Lepidopterous Insects of Ben- gal " appeared in the Society's Proceedings ' for December 1865 ; and in it were ...
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... Moore . Body robust . Abdomen cylindrical , extending beyond the hind wings . Proboscis moderate . Antenn¿ stout , setaceous , long , ex- tending beyond the middle of the costa . Legs slender ; femora slightly pilose beneath ; hind ...
... Moore . Body robust . Abdomen cylindrical , extending beyond the hind wings . Proboscis moderate . Antenn¿ stout , setaceous , long , ex- tending beyond the middle of the costa . Legs slender ; femora slightly pilose beneath ; hind ...
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... Moore . Note.This species makes a clicking noise as it flies . It has a drum - apparatus underneath . " - W . S. Atkinson , Darjeeling , Aug. 1862 . T. TESTACEA , n . sp . ( Pl . VI . fig . 2. ) Male and female testaceous , paler ...
... Moore . Note.This species makes a clicking noise as it flies . It has a drum - apparatus underneath . " - W . S. Atkinson , Darjeeling , Aug. 1862 . T. TESTACEA , n . sp . ( Pl . VI . fig . 2. ) Male and female testaceous , paler ...
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... Moore . Genus SPODOPTERA , Guen . SPODOPTERA CILIUM , Guen . Noct . i . p . 156 . Larva feeds on the Doobh Grass ( Cynadon dactylon ) .— A . Grote , Esq . Genus PRODENIA , Guen . PRODENIA CILIGERA , Guen . Noct . i . p . 163 . P ...
... Moore . Genus SPODOPTERA , Guen . SPODOPTERA CILIUM , Guen . Noct . i . p . 156 . Larva feeds on the Doobh Grass ( Cynadon dactylon ) .— A . Grote , Esq . Genus PRODENIA , Guen . PRODENIA CILIGERA , Guen . Noct . i . p . 163 . P ...
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... fore wing suffused with blackish brown along the costa , across the basal half of the wing and in irregular longi- tudinal streaks on the exterior margin , the latter with 50 MR . F. MOORE ON BENGALESE LEPIDOPTERA . [ Jan. 10 , 59.
... fore wing suffused with blackish brown along the costa , across the basal half of the wing and in irregular longi- tudinal streaks on the exterior margin , the latter with 50 MR . F. MOORE ON BENGALESE LEPIDOPTERA . [ Jan. 10 , 59.
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A. E. Russell abdomen anal angle animal apex apical band basal base basipterygoid Bengal bird blackish body bone border Bowerb British Museum broad brown Capim River caudal caudal fin cilia cinereous Coll colour Conch costa Darjeeling diameter discal spot dorsal dorsal fin edge elongated Expanse 1 inch exterior margin Fayal Felis female ferruginous fibres fore wing fusiform genera Genus Gray Guen head hind wing Hyalonema inner Linn Male maxillo-palatines middle Moore muscle narrow nearly oblique orbit outer palatine palatine bones pale pectoral Plate platyrhinus Port Jackson Santa Fé Santiago de Veragua Schmidt Sclater shell short side Silhet skeleton skull slender slightly snout species specimens spicules spiculum spine sponge sternum streak submarginal surface tail thorax tibi¿ trachea transverse Underside upper ventral vertebr¿ vomer W. S. Atkinson Walk Watson's Bay whorls wombat yellow Zool
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Page 416 - The posterior ends of the palatines and the anterior ends of the pterygoids are very imperfectly, or not at all, articulated with the basisphenoidal rostrum, being usually separated from it, and supported by the broad, cleft, hinder end of the vomer.
Page 426 - Passeres, relates to the palatal structure exhibited by a raven (fig. 79), as typical of that of Passeres at large. The vomer is a broad bone, truncate in front and deeply cleft behind, embracing the sphenoidal rostrum in its forks. The palatines have produced postero-external angles. The maxillo-palatines are slender at their origin, extending inwards and backwards over the palatines and under the vomer, where they end free, being united neither with each other nor with the vomer. This disconnection...
Page 655 - The skin, hung up by the nose, measured 10 feet 2 inches, from the point of the nose to the tip of the tail, and was sold for seven shillings and sixpence in the common course of business.
Page 541 - Museum we read that it is much in request both among the natives and the colonists, and that the epicures of Cape Town do not disdain to use their influence with the country farmers to obtain a preference in the matter of Sea-Cow's Speck, as the fat which lies immediately under the skin is called when salted and dried.
Page 404 - ... the maxillo-palatines are united across the median line, either directly or by means of ossifications in the nasal septum ; the posterior ends of the palatines and the anterior ends of the pterygoids articulate directly with the rostrum (as in schizoguathism).
Page 112 - The foregoing results show that, contrary to the expectation when the research was commenced, the fluorine is present in much larger proportion than phosphoric acid. The silica exists in the coral in its soluble modification, and probably is united to the lime. The free magnesia existed as carbonate, and was thrown down as caustic magnesia by the lime-water.
Page iv - A List of Species of Marine Mollusca found in Port Jackson Harbour, New South Wales, and on the adjacent Coasts, with Notes on their Habits, etc. Part. I.
Page 433 - ... so completely intermediate between the anserine birds on the one side, and the storks and herons on the other, that it can be ranged with neither of these groups, but must stand as the type of a division by itself.
Page 408 - The scapula has no acromial process, nor has the coracoid any clavicular process ; at most there are inconspicuous tubercles representing these processes. 3. The posterior ends of the palatines and the anterior ends of the pterygoids are very imperfectly, or not at all, articulated...
Page 404 - The caudal vertebrae are both numerous and large, so that the caudal region of the spine is longer than the body, whereas in all other birds it is shorter than the body.