. Evenings at the microscope : or, researches among the minuter organs and forms of animal life. Microscopy; Microscopes; Medical microscopy. INSECTS : STINGS AND OVIPOSITOKS. 153 where thin ; but in the thickened parts, as the main teeth, the transverse ridges, and the back, it is a clear amber-yellow ; the strengthening back-piece deepening to a rich translucent brown. There is, however, in this species of mine a second set of implements of which the French naturalist, ob-. OTJXER SAW OF SA"wrLT. a. A portion more enlarged. servant as he was, takes not the slightest notice ; and his Eng
. Evenings at the microscope : or, researches among the minuter organs and forms of animal life. Microscopy; Microscopes; Medical microscopy. INSECTS : STINGS AND OVIPOSITOKS. 153 where thin ; but in the thickened parts, as the main teeth, the transverse ridges, and the back, it is a clear amber-yellow ; the strengthening back-piece deepening to a rich translucent brown. There is, however, in this species of mine a second set of implements of which the French naturalist, ob-. OTJXER SAW OF SA"wrLT. a. A portion more enlarged. servant as he was, takes not the slightest notice ; and his English commentator appears to have as little sus- pected its presence. This pair of saws that we have been looking at is but the sheath of a still finer pair of lancets or saws, which you may see here. These are much slenderer than the former, and are peculiar in their construction. Their extreme tip only bears saw- teeth, and these are directed backwards, but one side of the entire length presents a succession of cutting edges, as if a number of short pieces of knife-blades had been cemented on a rod, in such a manner as that the cutting edges should be directed backwards, and over- lap each other. The other lateral surface is plain, and both are convex in their general aspect. The appear- ance of these implements is very beautiful; for the 7*. 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 Gosse, Philip Henry, 1810-1888. New York, D. Appleton
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