The Wings of Insects: An Exposition of the Uniform Terminology of the Wing-veins of Insects and a Discussion of the More General Characteristics of the Wings of the Several Orders of Insects |
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| Title | The Wings of Insects: An Exposition of the Uniform Terminology of the Wing-veins of Insects and a Discussion of the More General Characteristics of the Wings of the Several Orders of Insects |
| Author | John Henry Comstock |
| Publisher | Comstock Publishing Company, 1918 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | Jun 16, 2008 |
| Length | 430 pages |
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