. Minute marvels of nature, being some revelations of the microscope, exhibited by photomicrographs taken by the author. Natural history; Microscopes. 186 MINUTE MARVELS OF NATURE still more highly magnified they are found to be serrated like a saw on its cuttino- ed<i'e, the teeth being far too delicate to photograph for repro- duction. The mandibles or lancets make the. J'Mg. I2r. Magnifii-d Lip of one of llic gail-lly's lancets puncture ; the two iiiaxilhc or blood-sucking organs on either side feel their way into the puncture and produce a larger flow of blood. As showing how perfectly


. Minute marvels of nature, being some revelations of the microscope, exhibited by photomicrographs taken by the author. Natural history; Microscopes. 186 MINUTE MARVELS OF NATURE still more highly magnified they are found to be serrated like a saw on its cuttino- ed<i'e, the teeth being far too delicate to photograph for repro- duction. The mandibles or lancets make the. J'Mg. I2r. Magnifii-d Lip of one of llic gail-lly's lancets puncture ; the two iiiaxilhc or blood-sucking organs on either side feel their way into the puncture and produce a larger flow of blood. As showing how perfectly adapted these organs are for this purpose I have reproduced in Fig. 122 the tip of one of these also on a larger 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 Ward, John J. New York, T. Y. Crowell and Co.


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