. A manual of zoology. Zoology. 450 7 Fig. 371.—Diagrammatic section through anterior (.4) and posterior (B) eyes of Epeira diadema (after Grenacher). The hinder eye shows the inverted retina; i, lens; 2, vitreous body; 3, epidermis, outside this, chitinous layer; 4, rhabdomes; 5, retinal ceils; 6, capsule of eye; 7, rhabdomes of inverted Fio. 372,—Section of compound eye of Forfictda (after Carriere, from Hatschek). I, cuticula, producing the cornea of many lenses over the eye; 2, epidermis, which in the eye forms the ommatidia; 3, basal membrane; 4, reentrant chitinous fold ('sclerotic
. A manual of zoology. Zoology. 450 7 Fig. 371.—Diagrammatic section through anterior (.4) and posterior (B) eyes of Epeira diadema (after Grenacher). The hinder eye shows the inverted retina; i, lens; 2, vitreous body; 3, epidermis, outside this, chitinous layer; 4, rhabdomes; 5, retinal ceils; 6, capsule of eye; 7, rhabdomes of inverted Fio. 372,—Section of compound eye of Forfictda (after Carriere, from Hatschek). I, cuticula, producing the cornea of many lenses over the eye; 2, epidermis, which in the eye forms the ommatidia; 3, basal membrane; 4, reentrant chitinous fold ('sclerotic'); 5, rudimentary larval eye. behind this, in turn, the retina, consisting of visual cells vyhich, at the one end, bear 'rhabdomes' (4 and 7), at the other pass into nerve fibres. The retina and vitreous body, surrounded by pigment, form a spherical. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hertwig, Richard, 1850-1937; Kingsley, J. S. (John Sterling), 1854-1929, ed. and tr. New York, H. Holt
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