. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Reptiles; Fishes; Mollusks; Natural history; Reptiles; Poissons; Mollusques; Sciences naturelles. ,>*. ri':i'ri;i;i:n yhnn.—iustm AIUIl'.S'T AXD : \M,inipjK hagliiln. MOTH. —Onrdflcrnj: smiihiirin-ln. (With twii Rpccimoiis uf l;iiv;i ) WIXTKH-MOTir.—r;i(;ma/.;/<i(( Iniuwia. (Willi laivii wiiiylrs'; IMimiIc ) the Continent tliis inotli is oxceo(li)io;ly plentit\il, and is vory destmctivo amonc? the iVuit- tnrs, (U'vouiin^- tlic leaves and tender shoots as tliey sjjring forth in the early part of th
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Reptiles; Fishes; Mollusks; Natural history; Reptiles; Poissons; Mollusques; Sciences naturelles. ,>*. ri':i'ri;i;i:n yhnn.—iustm AIUIl'.S'T AXD : \M,inipjK hagliiln. MOTH. —Onrdflcrnj: smiihiirin-ln. (With twii Rpccimoiis uf l;iiv;i ) WIXTKH-MOTir.—r;i(;ma/.;/<i(( Iniuwia. (Willi laivii wiiiylrs'; IMimiIc ) the Continent tliis inotli is oxceo(li)io;ly plentit\il, and is vory destmctivo amonc? the iVuit- tnrs, (U'vouiin^- tlic leaves and tender shoots as tliey sjjring forth in the early part of the year, The ;;viieral colonr of tiie male is dusky brown, mottled with darker tints; tlie liiiuler w ini^s are also brown, but of a ])aler hue. I'.rlorc pnieeedinu' further, it may be as well to observe tliat the wings of insects are vivy nMiiiiikalilc organs, almost anomalous in their eharacter, ami having little apparent aiinlugy Mith the correspoiuling members in the higher animals. In the'birds the wings are simply ihe development of tiie first pair of limbs, which are thus sacrificed to terrestrial locumetion, and in the bats and llyiiig-fishc'=; the so-called wings are still modified from the in the insects the full inunber of limbs is preserved, so that the wings are tn be attrilaited to another source. Tlu! nearest analogy to these organs seems to be i'uund ill the flying dragon, the litth- lizard which has already been described, and in which the rilis are widely ex])anded, carrying with them the skin of tlu! sides, and ]iartly answer the purjxtse for which wings M-ere intended. lUit even in these curious civatuivs the analogy fails, inasimich as the ex]ianded ribs are not furnished with sets of inusilcs by widch they can be moved, and the only ai^rial oflice that thev can |iiviniia is the of tiicir owner tbr a very brief period, without any capability 111 renewing the impetus, and with but trilling power of altering the course. "
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