Tropical Nature, and Other EssaysMacmillan and Company, 1878 - 356 pages |
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Page 87
... larvæ ; and he believes that the leaves are really gathered as manure - heaps to favour the growth of this fungus ! When they enter houses , which they often do at night , the Saubas are very destructive . Once , when travelling on the ...
... larvæ ; and he believes that the leaves are really gathered as manure - heaps to favour the growth of this fungus ! When they enter houses , which they often do at night , the Saubas are very destructive . Once , when travelling on the ...
Page 91
... larvæ . The Eumenida are beautiful wasps with very long pedunculated bodies , which build papery cones covering a few cells in which the eggs are deposited . Among the bees the Xylocopas , or wood - boring bees , are remarkable . They ...
... larvæ . The Eumenida are beautiful wasps with very long pedunculated bodies , which build papery cones covering a few cells in which the eggs are deposited . Among the bees the Xylocopas , or wood - boring bees , are remarkable . They ...
Page 211
... larvæ which escaped to produce the next generation were those which would produce the more highly - coloured butterflies , it is difficult to perceive how the slight preponderance of colour sometimes selected by the females , should not ...
... larvæ which escaped to produce the next generation were those which would produce the more highly - coloured butterflies , it is difficult to perceive how the slight preponderance of colour sometimes selected by the females , should not ...
Page 270
... larvæ and pupæ . Of bees there were none , except one very minute species ( allied to Chilicola ) , and of other Hymenoptera a single specimen of Ophion luteus a cosmopolitan ichneumon . About twenty species of flies were observed 270 ...
... larvæ and pupæ . Of bees there were none , except one very minute species ( allied to Chilicola ) , and of other Hymenoptera a single specimen of Ophion luteus a cosmopolitan ichneumon . About twenty species of flies were observed 270 ...
Page 277
... enjoy no immunity from insect attacks . The bitter leaves of the cherry - laurel are often eaten by the larvæ of moths that abound on our fruit- trees ; while in the Tropics the leaves of the INSULAR PLANTS AND INSECTS . 277.
... enjoy no immunity from insect attacks . The bitter leaves of the cherry - laurel are often eaten by the larvæ of moths that abound on our fruit- trees ; while in the Tropics the leaves of the INSULAR PLANTS AND INSECTS . 277.
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