. The Cambridge natural history. Zoology. Fig. 170.—Structure of wing of imago. A, section of hasal portion of win" [of Vanessa ?] containing a nervure ; c, cuticle ; /;•, wing-rib ; g, wall of nervure ("Grunilmembran") ; A, hypoderniis ; jo, connectingcolumns : r, lumen of nervure ; B, section of a rib ; h, one of the chitinous pro- jections ; str, central rod. (After SchiiHer.). Fig. 171.—Scales of ina.\e Lepidojifera. A, Scale from upper surface of Ei-eres comyntas; B, from upper surface of Pieris rapae: C, from inner side of fold of inner margin of hind wing of L
. The Cambridge natural history. Zoology. Fig. 170.—Structure of wing of imago. A, section of hasal portion of win" [of Vanessa ?] containing a nervure ; c, cuticle ; /;•, wing-rib ; g, wall of nervure ("Grunilmembran") ; A, hypoderniis ; jo, connectingcolumns : r, lumen of nervure ; B, section of a rib ; h, one of the chitinous pro- jections ; str, central rod. (After SchiiHer.). Fig. 171.—Scales of ina.\e Lepidojifera. A, Scale from upper surface of Ei-eres comyntas; B, from upper surface of Pieris rapae: C, from inner side of fold of inner margin of hind wing of Laertias pJiilenor ; D, one of the cover-scales from the costal androconium of Eudaimis proteus ; E, F, G, scales from andro- conium of T/wrybespylades. (After Scudder). are of the most varied forms. They may be briefly described as delicate, chitinous bags; in the completed state these bags are flattened, so as to bring the sides quite, or very nearly, together. Their colour is due to contained pigments, or to stria- tion of the exposed surface of the scale; the latter condition 1 Zeitschr. u'te. Zool. liii. 1892, p. 623. - Zool. Jahrh. Anat. iii. 1889, p. 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 Harmer, S. F. (Sidney Frederic), Sir, 1862- ed; Shipley, A. E. (Arthur Everett), Sir, 1861-1927. ed. [London, Macmillan and Co. , Limited; New York, The Macmillan Company
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