An Introduction to Entomology: Or Elements of the Natural History of Insects: with Plates, Band 1Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1818 |
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... wings ; and others in the rich cottony down that clothes them . To such perfec- tion , indeed , has nature in them carried her mimetic art , a The Genera Eumolpus , F. Lamprima , Lats . Rynchites , Herbst . b A non - descript Rynchænus ...
... wings ; and others in the rich cottony down that clothes them . To such perfec- tion , indeed , has nature in them carried her mimetic art , a The Genera Eumolpus , F. Lamprima , Lats . Rynchites , Herbst . b A non - descript Rynchænus ...
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... wings , so exactly do they re- semble them in their form , substance , and vascular structure ; some representing ... wing under a microscope , that avenue to unseen glories in new worlds , and you will discover that nature has en- dowed ...
... wings , so exactly do they re- semble them in their form , substance , and vascular structure ; some representing ... wing under a microscope , that avenue to unseen glories in new worlds , and you will discover that nature has en- dowed ...
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... wings , and even sometimes in the covering of their bodies " .- We admire with reason the coats of quadrupeds , whether their skins be covered with pile , or wool , or fur , yet are not perhaps aware that a vast variety of insects are ...
... wings , and even sometimes in the covering of their bodies " .- We admire with reason the coats of quadrupeds , whether their skins be covered with pile , or wool , or fur , yet are not perhaps aware that a vast variety of insects are ...
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... wings near the margin in Papilio Aglaia , Lathonia , Silene , & c . c Copris Taurus , F. e Oryctes , Latr . Melitta spinigera , Kirby . Celonia macropus , Mus . Francill . b Empis , I. Asilus , L. d Lucanus Cervus , L. f Geotrupes ...
... wings near the margin in Papilio Aglaia , Lathonia , Silene , & c . c Copris Taurus , F. e Oryctes , Latr . Melitta spinigera , Kirby . Celonia macropus , Mus . Francill . b Empis , I. Asilus , L. d Lucanus Cervus , L. f Geotrupes ...
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... wings through the fields of ether , and extracting nec- tar from every flower , gives us some idea of the bless- ed inhabitants of happier worlds , of angels , and of the spirits of the just arrived at their state of perfection . Again ...
... wings through the fields of ether , and extracting nec- tar from every flower , gives us some idea of the bless- ed inhabitants of happier worlds , of angels , and of the spirits of the just arrived at their state of perfection . Again ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Acari Acarus amongst animals ant-lion ants Aphides appear attack bees beetle birds body Bombyx butterfly called caterpillar cause Cecidomyia cells Coccus Coleoptera colour combs common composed construction covered creatures deposited described destroy devour Diptera earth eggs employed Entomology Estrus feed feet female flies flowers former furnished galls Geer genus grain grubs habitations head Hist hole honey Huber Hymenoptera Ichneumon inch inhabitants injury insects kind labour larva larvæ Latr Latreille leaf leaves legs Lepidoptera letter Linn Linné locusts maggots mandibles moth Mouffet Musca nature nest object observed occasion oviposit perfect Phthiriasis plants PLATE prey probably produced pupa quadrupeds ravages Reaum Reaumur resembling scarcely seems side silk similar singular Sir Joseph Banks skin sometimes species spider sting substance swarms threads Tinea tion Trans trees tribe vegetable wasps whole wings wood young
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 222 - A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations.
Seite 424 - The mole's dim curtain, and the lynx's beam: Of smell, the headlong lioness between, And hound sagacious on the tainted green; Of hearing, from the life that fills the flood, To that which warbles through the vernal •wood; The spider's touch, how exquisitely fine! Feels at each thread, and lives along the line...
Seite 223 - They shall run to and fro in the city; they shall run upon the wall; they shall climb up upon the houses; they shall enter in at the windows like a thief.
Seite 56 - The sense of death is most in apprehension ; And the poor beetle that we tread upon, In corporal sufferance finds a pang as great As when a giant dies.
Seite 223 - They shall run like mighty men ; they shall climb the wall like men of war; and they shall march every one on his ways, and they shall not break their ranks, neither shall one thrust another.
Seite 223 - But I will remove far off from you the northern army, and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall come up, and his ill savor shall come up, because he hath done great things.
Seite 222 - A fire devoureth before them ; and behind them a flame burneth : the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness ; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
Seite 313 - But that there was in place to stir His spleen, the chirring grasshopper, The merry cricket, puling fly, The piping gnat for minstrelsy. And now, we must imagine first, The elves present, to quench his thirst, A pure seed-pearl of infant dew, Brought and...
Seite 223 - The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining...
Seite 176 - ... and, what is most remarkable and without parallel, the sexual intercourse of one original pair serves for all the generations which proceed from the female for a whole succeeding year.