. Hardwicke's science-gossip : an illustrated medium of interchange and gossip for students and lovers of nature . raphy to their numerous accomplishments. Another old contributor to our magazine—a manwhom Dr. Samuel Smiles made known to the publicsome years ago, Mr. Thomas Edward, of Banff—hasjust died at the age of seventy-two. Edward was athorough, open-air naturalist, one to whom sciencewas dearer than gold or comfort, or even fame. Helived a happy, useful, and honoured life, although henever earned a pound a week. 132 HARDWICKES SCIENCE-GOSSIP. CHAPTERS ON ANIMAL PARASITES. By W. A. Hyslo
. Hardwicke's science-gossip : an illustrated medium of interchange and gossip for students and lovers of nature . raphy to their numerous accomplishments. Another old contributor to our magazine—a manwhom Dr. Samuel Smiles made known to the publicsome years ago, Mr. Thomas Edward, of Banff—hasjust died at the age of seventy-two. Edward was athorough, open-air naturalist, one to whom sciencewas dearer than gold or comfort, or even fame. Helived a happy, useful, and honoured life, although henever earned a pound a week. 132 HARDWICKES SCIENCE-GOSSIP. CHAPTERS ON ANIMAL PARASITES. By W. A. Hyslop. No. II. CLOSELY allied to the Diptera, though even thetraces of wings seem completely lost, are theAphaniptera, or fleas, a large and important divisionof parasites, and, so far as I know, except for variousarticles in magazines, undescribed. A number ofspecies are described and figured in Science-Gossipfor 1871, p. 100. I do not intend entering upon anydescription of the Aphaniptera, but would merelypoint out that there is much scope for research in thisbranch of entomology, as the various writers who. Fig. 84.—Flea of Dog [Pulex cams), male enlarged.
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