The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization: The class Insecta [by P. A. Latreille]; with supplementary additions, by E. Griffith and E. Pidgeon, and notices of new genera and species, by G. Gray. 1832G. B. Whittaker, 1832 - Zoology |
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abdomen animals antennæ appears bifid body Carabus characters Clairv coleoptera colour composed Comte Dejean convex coprophagi corneous corslet crotchets crustacea cylindrical denticulated Dermestes dilated division edge eggs ejusd elongated elytra emargination entire Entom external palpi eyes Fabricius Faun feet females filiform four articulations furnished genera genus Germ head ibid insects internal side jaws Kirby knob labial palpi labrum larva larvæ last articulation Latr Latreille Leach legs lines in length Linnæus live lobe males mandibles maxillary palpi Melolontha membranous mentum mesothorax metathorax narrow naturalist nymph observed Oliv Olivier organs oval ovaliform ovoid Panz papillæ peculiar perfect insect posterior angles posteriorly preceding proper Ptinus rings scaly Scarabæus Scarites scutellum segment sexes short shorter Silpha sometimes species striæ sub-genera sub-genus teeth terminated thick thicker third articulation thorax three articulations tion tooth transverse tribe truncated underneath wings
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Page 112 - O'er thymy downs she bends her busy course, And many a stream allures her to its source. 'T is noon, 't is night. That eye so finely wrought, Beyond the search of sense, the soar of thought, Now vainly asks the scenes she left behind ; Its orb so full, its vision so confined ! Who guides the patient pilgrim to her cell...
Page 122 - To trace in nature's most minute design The signature and stamp of power divine, Contrivance intricate, express'd with ease, Where unassisted sight no beauty sees, The shapely limb and lubricated joint, Within the small dimensions of a point, Muscle and nerve miraculously spun, His mighty work, who speaks and it is done, The invisible in things scarce seen reveal'd, To whom an atom is an ample field...
Page 417 - ... often of twelve hours. To ascertain the cause, he placed a mole upon one of the beds in his garden. It had vanished by the third morning ; and, on digging where it had been laid, he found it buried to the depth of three inches, and under it four beetles, which seemed to have been the agents in this singular inhumation.
Page 103 - Without pretending to give a logical definition of it, which, while we are ignorant of the essence of reason, is impossible, we may call the instincts of animals those unknown faculties implanted in their constitution by the Creator, by which, independent of instruction, observation, or experience, and without a knowledge of the end in view, they are impelled to the performance of certain actions tending to the well-being of the individual and the preservation of the species: and with this description,...
Page 418 - ... was an inch and a half under ground, and the trench remained open the whole day, the corpse seeming as if laid out upon a bier, surrounded with a rampart of mould. In the evening it had sunk half an inch lower, and in another day the work was completed and the bird covered.
Page 109 - Kneeling down he distinctly saw it cut off the head a»d abdomen, and then taking up with its feet the trunk or middle portion of the. body to which the wings remained attached, fly away. But a breeze of wind acting upon the wings of the fly turned round the wasp with its burthen, and impeded its progress.
Page 571 - LETTERS ON ENTOMOLOGY; Intended for the Amusement and Instruction of Young Persons, and to facilitate their acquiring a Knowledge of the Natural History of Insects.
Page 418 - ... viz. four frogs, three small birds, two fishes, one mole, and two grasshoppers, besides the entrails of a fish, and two morsels of the lungs of an ox. In another experiment a single beetle buried a mole forty times its own bulk and weight in two days...