A text-book of entomology, including the anatomy, physiology, embryology and metamorphoses of insects, for use in agricultural and technical schools and colleges as well as by the working entomologist . Fro. 105. — Foot of honey-bee, with the pulvillns in use: A, under view of foot; i, 1, 3d-5thtarsul joints: on, unguis ; ffi, tactile hairs; pr, pulvillus ; cr, curved rod. £, side view of , central part of sole ; pdj pad ; cr, curved rod ; pr, pulvillus unopened. —After Cheshire. them the power of hovering or poising, have weak legs, principallytit for alighting. On the other hand, the p
A text-book of entomology, including the anatomy, physiology, embryology and metamorphoses of insects, for use in agricultural and technical schools and colleges as well as by the working entomologist . Fro. 105. — Foot of honey-bee, with the pulvillns in use: A, under view of foot; i, 1, 3d-5thtarsul joints: on, unguis ; ffi, tactile hairs; pr, pulvillus ; cr, curved rod. £, side view of , central part of sole ; pdj pad ; cr, curved rod ; pr, pulvillus unopened. —After Cheshire. them the power of hovering or poising, have weak legs, principallytit for alighting. On the other hand, the pedestrian or walkingDiptera (Asilidse, etc.) use the legs not for alighting only, but forrunning, and all kinds of other work, seizing their prey, carrying. Kic. 1iMl. —. Minlitlcations of the lops of dilVcivnt bees. A, Apis: a, wax-pincer and ouicr\ic\v n| himl ]; /i. inner asprrt nf \vax-piMccr and li><r, with the nine pollen-brushes or rows ofhairs ; c, cum [mil nil 11 airs liulilinir grains nf ]iullen ; </, anleriur leir, showing antenna-cleaner ; c, spuron tiliia nf middle /I, Melipona ! ./, |iecilliar trroup of spines at apex Of tibia Of hind lefr ; ;/,inner a^pii-t nf \vn\-|iirieer and lirst tarsal joint. <. lioiiilnis : A, \vax-]iincer ; i, inner view of thosame and lirst. tarsal joint, all enlarged. — From Iimcct Life, U. S. Div. Ent. TENENT HAIRS 99 it, climbing, digging, etc,; their legs are provided not only withspines and bristles, but with still other appendages, which may beuseful, or only ornamental, as secondary sexual char-acters. Tenent from the lower surfaceof the empodium are the numerous tenent hairs,or holding hairs, which are modified glandular setaeswollen at the end a
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