Animal Biography, Or, Authentic Anecdotes of the Lives, Manners, and Economy, of the Animal Creation: Arranged According to the System of LinnaeusR. Phillips, 1805 |
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... antennæ or horns of insects were their organs of hearing ; for it is evident , from various experiments , that insects are possessed of this sense in a degree as exquisite as most other animals , although , from their minuteness , we ...
... antennæ or horns of insects were their organs of hearing ; for it is evident , from various experiments , that insects are possessed of this sense in a degree as exquisite as most other animals , although , from their minuteness , we ...
Page 223
... antennæ , however , seem little likely to answer the purpose of ears . These instruments , of apparently exquisite sensibility , seem adapted to very different purposes , but to purposes with which we may remain long unacquainted . The ...
... antennæ , however , seem little likely to answer the purpose of ears . These instruments , of apparently exquisite sensibility , seem adapted to very different purposes , but to purposes with which we may remain long unacquainted . The ...
Page 227
... antennæ . Their situation , under and at the sides of the mouth , renders them , however , sufficiently di- stinct from the proper antennæ . They are in conti- nual motion , the little animals thrusting them into every thing likely to ...
... antennæ . Their situation , under and at the sides of the mouth , renders them , however , sufficiently di- stinct from the proper antennæ . They are in conti- nual motion , the little animals thrusting them into every thing likely to ...
Page 229
... . This order contains all such insects as want wings in both sexes ; as the Spider , Flea , and Louse . THE CHAFER TRIBE * . THE antennæ of the Chafers. INSECTS . 229 7. Apterous insects (from a without, and πτερον ...
... . This order contains all such insects as want wings in both sexes ; as the Spider , Flea , and Louse . THE CHAFER TRIBE * . THE antennæ of the Chafers. INSECTS . 229 7. Apterous insects (from a without, and πτερον ...
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... antennæ of the Chafers have a clavate or en- larged extremity , which is divided into lamellæ or leaves . To the mouth there are four feelers , The feet have five joints ; and the shanks of the fore - legs are generally toothed , The ...
... antennæ of the Chafers have a clavate or en- larged extremity , which is divided into lamellæ or leaves . To the mouth there are four feelers , The feet have five joints ; and the shanks of the fore - legs are generally toothed , The ...
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