The Naturalist in NicaraguaJ.M. Dent & Sons, Limited, 1911 - 306 pages |
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Page 137
... beetles , and as I had brought a lantern with me , I stayed to examine them whilst Velasquez rode on to get some food ready . At night many species of beetles , especially longicorns , are to be found running over the trunks , that lie ...
... beetles , and as I had brought a lantern with me , I stayed to examine them whilst Velasquez rode on to get some food ready . At night many species of beetles , especially longicorns , are to be found running over the trunks , that lie ...
Page 243
... beetles , but also in this peculiar widening of the elytra . Besides this , the Calopteron when walking on a leaf raises and depresses its wing cases , and I observed exactly the same movement in a longicorn beetle ( Evander nobilis ...
... beetles , but also in this peculiar widening of the elytra . Besides this , the Calopteron when walking on a leaf raises and depresses its wing cases , and I observed exactly the same movement in a longicorn beetle ( Evander nobilis ...
Page 253
... beetles swimming about , and these showed a surprising resemblance to the water - beetles of Europe . Gyrinida swam round and round in mazy circles ; Dytiscidæ came up to the surface for a moment , and dived down again to the depths ...
... beetles swimming about , and these showed a surprising resemblance to the water - beetles of Europe . Gyrinida swam round and round in mazy circles ; Dytiscidæ came up to the surface for a moment , and dived down again to the depths ...
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