The Canadian Journal of Industry, Science and ArtCanadian Institute., 1856 |
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... inches . It has four legs , with four toes on the anterior and five on the posterior . The member of the posterior limb to which the designation of a fifth toe is given , is , however , peculiar , and con- stitutes , indeed the special ...
... inches . It has four legs , with four toes on the anterior and five on the posterior . The member of the posterior limb to which the designation of a fifth toe is given , is , however , peculiar , and con- stitutes , indeed the special ...
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... inches in length , so that it is small in comparison with those obtained by Major Dela- field from Lake St. Clair . It appears to me to differ more or less from each of the varieties pertaining to this continent ; and more especially ...
... inches in length , so that it is small in comparison with those obtained by Major Dela- field from Lake St. Clair . It appears to me to differ more or less from each of the varieties pertaining to this continent ; and more especially ...
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... inches . Common in Canada . It feeds indiscriminately on all animal sub- stances , and is found throughout summer , on the Island of Toronto , in putrified fish . ? CYCLOPHORUS Kirb . N. Z. 117 . BYRRHUS Thorax dark chestnut color ...
... inches . Common in Canada . It feeds indiscriminately on all animal sub- stances , and is found throughout summer , on the Island of Toronto , in putrified fish . ? CYCLOPHORUS Kirb . N. Z. 117 . BYRRHUS Thorax dark chestnut color ...
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... inch 2 lines . Taken by Mr. Ibbetson , at Manitoulin . NOSODERMA ? OBCORDATUM Kirby ( Boletophagus ) , N. Z. 236 . Body oblong , depressed , of a rusty color above ; antenna with large globular articulation at base , and the apical ...
... inch 2 lines . Taken by Mr. Ibbetson , at Manitoulin . NOSODERMA ? OBCORDATUM Kirby ( Boletophagus ) , N. Z. 236 . Body oblong , depressed , of a rusty color above ; antenna with large globular articulation at base , and the apical ...
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... inch to a quarter of a line , is coarser and thicker at the outer edge of the flats than nearer the shore ; and hence these flats , as well as the marshes , are usually higher near the channels than at their inner edge . From the same ...
... inch to a quarter of a line , is coarser and thicker at the outer edge of the flats than nearer the shore ; and hence these flats , as well as the marshes , are usually higher near the channels than at their inner edge . From the same ...
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