. Minute marvels of nature, being some revelations of the microscope, exhibited by photomicrographs taken by the author. Natural history; Microscopes. 238 MINUTE MARVELS OF NATURE and curved, with their sharp points pointino- in- wards towards the o-ullct. The hopelessness of the return of a worm when once eno-ulfed in this tube of about 2500 curved spines, furnished with. Fig. 159. Palate, or tongue, of a slug that eats worms muscles to concentrate them upon the victim, can readily be imagined. As a contrast to the tongues of the slug and snail, let us look at this organ in some insects, taki
. Minute marvels of nature, being some revelations of the microscope, exhibited by photomicrographs taken by the author. Natural history; Microscopes. 238 MINUTE MARVELS OF NATURE and curved, with their sharp points pointino- in- wards towards the o-ullct. The hopelessness of the return of a worm when once eno-ulfed in this tube of about 2500 curved spines, furnished with. Fig. 159. Palate, or tongue, of a slug that eats worms muscles to concentrate them upon the victim, can readily be imagined. As a contrast to the tongues of the slug and snail, let us look at this organ in some insects, taking that of the common blow-fly, or blue- bottle as it is sometimes called, for my first example. Tig. 160 represents that wonderful organ which can often be seen by the unaided eye as a tiny bobbing object underneath the head. 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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