. Evenings at the microscope : or, researches among the minuter organs and forms of animal life. Microscopy; Microscopes; Medical microscopy. INSECTS : THEIE MOUTHS. 175 The tongue of the common Fies (House-fly, Blow- fly, &c.) is an exquisite microscopical object, from its extreme complexity and beauty. You are familiar with the way in which a fly, having alighted close to a drop of tea on the table, applies to it a proboscis with large dilated extremity, and presently licks it all up. You shall now see the curious implement by which this is effected. The broad portion of the object befor
. Evenings at the microscope : or, researches among the minuter organs and forms of animal life. Microscopy; Microscopes; Medical microscopy. INSECTS : THEIE MOUTHS. 175 The tongue of the common Fies (House-fly, Blow- fly, &c.) is an exquisite microscopical object, from its extreme complexity and beauty. You are familiar with the way in which a fly, having alighted close to a drop of tea on the table, applies to it a proboscis with large dilated extremity, and presently licks it all up. You shall now see the curious implement by which this is effected. The broad portion of the object before us, forming its bottom part, bristling with course black hair, is the. TONGUE OF BLOW-PLY. front of the head of a Elow-fly. From the midst of this projects a dark brown mass terminating in two points, and inclosing a narrower and darker object with two. 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 Gosse, Philip Henry, 1810-1888. New York, D. Appleton
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