. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). 30 KEITH & SUSAN SNOW. Fig. 25 The photographic room ol the InMilutc time to think of such matters, that although Stalcy spent several days, stripped to the waist in a cage of C. pipiens, none of them could be persuaded to bite him. This is a scientific fact, so in future make your observations with more care. Had he taken more notice of Joan he would have realised that she was referring to a form of Citlex pipiens currently called molestus. It was not until two years later that the characteristics of this form were reported by continenta
. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). 30 KEITH & SUSAN SNOW. Fig. 25 The photographic room ol the InMilutc time to think of such matters, that although Stalcy spent several days, stripped to the waist in a cage of C. pipiens, none of them could be persuaded to bite him. This is a scientific fact, so in future make your observations with more care. Had he taken more notice of Joan he would have realised that she was referring to a form of Citlex pipiens currently called molestus. It was not until two years later that the characteristics of this form were reported by continental workers, and not until 1*^35 in a paper entitled Exhihition of "Autogenous'" Characteristics by a British Strain of C'ulcx pipiens ; co-authored with John Staley that he recognised that this form occurred in Britain. The Institute was open to the public and, before her marriage, it was often Joans task to show people around the building. She found a few of them to be genuinely interested, but felt that the majority were attracted by curiosity and the opportunity of seeing something for nothing. She remarked that there were always more visitors when it was cold and raining and that the holidaymakers soon learnt that there was a toilet available there! She used to bet with herself that in every group that she took round someone would say 'So the female of the species is always deadlier than the male'. Blanche was a very efficient housekeeper and hostess and, with the aid of her 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 British Museum (Natural History). London : BM(NH)
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