. The last cruise of the Miranda [microform] : a record of Arctic adventure. Miranda (Ship); Miranda (Navire); Natural history; Inuit; Sciences naturelles; Inuit. NOTE ON THE INSECTS OF SUKKER- TOPPEN. BY L. .1. W. JOYNKU. 'i^ i- Pi H H If1. OwixG to the loss (together with note-books) of my collection of in- sects, of which a very fair number had been captured, no attempt at any list, much less a classification, can be made. Tlie field appeared to offer good opportunity to the en- tomologist during the prevalence of the brief heat of summer. Though coleopterous insects were expected in some a
. The last cruise of the Miranda [microform] : a record of Arctic adventure. Miranda (Ship); Miranda (Navire); Natural history; Inuit; Sciences naturelles; Inuit. NOTE ON THE INSECTS OF SUKKER- TOPPEN. BY L. .1. W. JOYNKU. 'i^ i- Pi H H If1. OwixG to the loss (together with note-books) of my collection of in- sects, of which a very fair number had been captured, no attempt at any list, much less a classification, can be made. Tlie field appeared to offer good opportunity to the en- tomologist during the prevalence of the brief heat of summer. Though coleopterous insects were expected in some abundance, a most careful search revealed only a few speci- mens. On tlie other hand, many species of the order Dipfera simply swarmed, and more than one species of the genus Culex ; but a single species of mos- quito, considering the swarms in which they occurred, would have been quite sufficient to arouse the keenest interest of an average or casual observer. Acting on the principle of ** Live and let live," I always make a point of never disturbing a mosquito at his meal ; but in Greenland I was absolutely brutal and unreasonable. Most of us can testify to the fact that, in spite of the cooler climate, and the consequent harder con- ditions of their life up there, these mosquitoes were by no means slothful. Some of the flies, too (particularly when one was busy fishing), left one's face smeared with so many verti- cal lines of clotted blood that it had to be scraped before recog-. 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 Walsh, Henry Collins, 1863-1927. New York; London : Transatlantic Pub. Co.
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