Hardwicke's Science-gossip: An Illustrated Medium of Interchange and Gossip for Students and Lovers of Nature, 27. köideMordecai Cubitt Cooke, John Ellor Taylor Robert Hardwicke, 1891 |
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Page 38
... legs vary greatly in size and length , the tarsi being pentamerous . The Pulicida ( fleas ) do not appear to me to be true Diptera ; so , although Mr. Verrall includes them in his list , I have eliminated them , as does Schiner in his ...
... legs vary greatly in size and length , the tarsi being pentamerous . The Pulicida ( fleas ) do not appear to me to be true Diptera ; so , although Mr. Verrall includes them in his list , I have eliminated them , as does Schiner in his ...
Page 39
... legs straddling wide apart with exertion , and his whole being bent on the business in hand . He runs his beak into the soft body of the snail , and begins to hammer , rap - a - tap - tap , till it escapes from his hold . Then he hops ...
... legs straddling wide apart with exertion , and his whole being bent on the business in hand . He runs his beak into the soft body of the snail , and begins to hammer , rap - a - tap - tap , till it escapes from his hold . Then he hops ...
Page 53
... Legs at juncture with thorax wide apart : EPROBOscIdea . NEMATOCERA . The characters of the Nematocera may be sum- marised as follows . Body , delicately elongated , legs usually long and slender , antennæ of many joints , flexible ...
... Legs at juncture with thorax wide apart : EPROBOscIdea . NEMATOCERA . The characters of the Nematocera may be sum- marised as follows . Body , delicately elongated , legs usually long and slender , antennæ of many joints , flexible ...
Page 54
... legs vertical . The larvæ are worm - like , living in the earth , on grass roots ; the pupa is naked . Antennæ four - jointed : Bibio , Geoff . Antennæ eleven - jointed . Palpi long : Dilophus , Mg . Palpi short : Scatopse , Geoff ...
... legs vertical . The larvæ are worm - like , living in the earth , on grass roots ; the pupa is naked . Antennæ four - jointed : Bibio , Geoff . Antennæ eleven - jointed . Palpi long : Dilophus , Mg . Palpi short : Scatopse , Geoff ...
Page 55
... legs . " They are very delicate in structure , though many attain considerable size - the legs of the largest species when outstretched spanning a greater surface than those of any other species of Diptera . They should be pinned ...
... legs . " They are very delicate in structure , though many attain considerable size - the legs of the largest species when outstretched spanning a greater surface than those of any other species of Diptera . They should be pinned ...
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