The Naturalist in Nicaragua: A Narrative of a Residence at the Gold Mines of Chontales; Journeys in the Savannahs and Forests. With Observations on Animals and Plants in Reference to the Theory of Evolution of Living FormsJ. Murray, 1874 - 403 pages |
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... Insects for their Fertilization - Insect Plagues - Leaf - cutting Ants : their method of defoliating Trees : their Nests - Some Trees are not touched by the Ants - Foreign Trees are very subject to their attack Method of Destroying the ...
... Insects for their Fertilization - Insect Plagues - Leaf - cutting Ants : their method of defoliating Trees : their Nests - Some Trees are not touched by the Ants - Foreign Trees are very subject to their attack Method of Destroying the ...
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... insects , not adapted for carrying the pollen , from obtaining access to the nectaries - Stories about Wasps ... Insects in Nica- ragua in 1872 — Water - bearing Plants - Insect - traps - The south- western edge of the Forest Region ...
... insects , not adapted for carrying the pollen , from obtaining access to the nectaries - Stories about Wasps ... Insects in Nica- ragua in 1872 — Water - bearing Plants - Insect - traps - The south- western edge of the Forest Region ...
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... insects , and Leaf - hoppers furnish Ants with Honey , and in return are protected by the latter - Contest between Wasps and Ants - Waxy Secretions of the Homopterous Hemiptera • 212 CHAPTER XIII . Matagalpa - Aguardiente - Fermented ...
... insects , and Leaf - hoppers furnish Ants with Honey , and in return are protected by the latter - Contest between Wasps and Ants - Waxy Secretions of the Homopterous Hemiptera • 212 CHAPTER XIII . Matagalpa - Aguardiente - Fermented ...
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... Insects - Similarity of Fresh - water productions all over the World -Distribution of European Land and Fresh - water Shells - Dis- cussion of the reasons why Fresh - water productions have varied less than those of the Land and of the ...
... Insects - Similarity of Fresh - water productions all over the World -Distribution of European Land and Fresh - water Shells - Dis- cussion of the reasons why Fresh - water productions have varied less than those of the Land and of the ...
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... Insects of Chontales - Mimetic forms - Departure from the Mines - Nica- ragua as a field for Emigration - Journey to Greytown - Return to England • PAGE 358 374 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS . THE JAGUAR ALLIGATORS MOT - MOTS xiv CONTENTS .
... Insects of Chontales - Mimetic forms - Departure from the Mines - Nica- ragua as a field for Emigration - Journey to Greytown - Return to England • PAGE 358 374 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS . THE JAGUAR ALLIGATORS MOT - MOTS xiv CONTENTS .
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