. Marvels of insect life [microform] : a popular account of structure and habit. Insects; Insectes. |.r™.nt «, thut if tl,.... In,., t.,„„,nK parasif, arr pillars ami ollur Krnbs wh.,,. ..-rtainlv b. „.ar. r l„ th. j,,...., «h„h tluv ar,. M,|,,„, t„ M.,k. It i, <,„if .Lar that a.,,1 .InMr obsmvat,,,,, i« midtd btfori- anMliinn |iii-iti\i' can b statfd a, ' tliiir relations. The rcniarkabli' strifs ot |ihiiti)|;raph'. illristratiiiK this artirle maid's tlif pusi- tiiin and nature ci( this mite- iliamber very cliMr. Tin- po


. Marvels of insect life [microform] : a popular account of structure and habit. Insects; Insectes. |.r™.nt «, thut if tl,.... In,., t.,„„,nK parasif, arr pillars ami ollur Krnbs wh.,,. ..-rtainlv b. „.ar. r l„ th. j,,...., «h„h tluv ar,. M,|,,„, t„ M.,k. It i, <,„if .Lar that a.,,1 .InMr obsmvat,,,,, i« midtd btfori- anMliinn |iii-iti\i' can b statfd a, ' tliiir relations. The rcniarkabli' strifs ot |ihiiti)|;raph'. illristratiiiK this artirle maid's tlif pusi- tiiin and nature ci( this mite- iliamber very cliMr. Tin- portrait of the bu' shows, by means of thi' utiite arrow, the line of separation be- tween the fort-bo<ly and hind-body. In the hmni- tiidinal section of the hind- b(xl\- on pane )22, the mite chamber is marked H, and the black arrow points to -i where the fore-body joins on. Two other photographs show the broad end of the hind- bixly, first with a needle inserted in the entrance to the mite-chamber, and second with a mite issuini,' from it. Grauhoppers. The KHisshopiHTs form two large families—the short- horns'and the long-horns. 2 Inlikc many of the family distinctions of Insects, this is a point of difference that may be memorized easily by those who have no taste for scientific phraseology. This is not a mere arbitrary ,s,on, for the difference in the length of the antennae connotes other differ-n ,s m structure, but it .s sufficient to remember this one item. Such lim le distinctions, as a rule, have a way of being puzzling to the novic, "'': "u.,.d not know where to draw the line between long "and short. Mut here ' Acridiidii. t 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 Step, Edward, 1855-1931. Toronto : W. Briggs


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