The Butterfly Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Butterflies of North AmericaDoubleday & McClure Company, 1898 - 382 páginas |
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... veins 41. Internal anatomy of caterpillar of milkweed butterfly . 22 42. Internal anatomy of milkweed butterfly 43. Plan for folding net - ring 44. Insect - net 45. Plan for making a cheap net 46. Cyanide - jar 47. Paper cover for ...
... veins 41. Internal anatomy of caterpillar of milkweed butterfly . 22 42. Internal anatomy of milkweed butterfly 43. Plan for folding net - ring 44. Insect - net 45. Plan for making a cheap net 46. Cyanide - jar 47. Paper cover for ...
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... veins . may be formed by simply moistening them with pure benzine or chloroform , which enables the structure of the veins to be seen . for a few moments . The evaporation of these fluids is rapid , and they produce no ill effect upon ...
... veins . may be formed by simply moistening them with pure benzine or chloroform , which enables the structure of the veins to be seen . for a few moments . The evaporation of these fluids is rapid , and they produce no ill effect upon ...
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... vein in the hind wing is , however , generally provided near the base with a short ascending branch which is known as the precostal vein . In addition to these simple veins there are in the fore wing two branching veins , one ...
... vein in the hind wing is , however , generally provided near the base with a short ascending branch which is known as the precostal vein . In addition to these simple veins there are in the fore wing two branching veins , one ...
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... vein . The branches of these com- pound veins are known as nervules . The median vein always has three nervules . The nervules of the subcostal veins branch . upwardly and outwardly toward the costal margin and the apex of the fore wing ...
... vein . The branches of these com- pound veins are known as nervules . The median vein always has three nervules . The nervules of the subcostal veins branch . upwardly and outwardly toward the costal margin and the apex of the fore wing ...
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... veins of the wings , and in the manner of carrying them when at rest or in flight , which are quite characteristic of the two groups ; but all of these things the attentive student will quickly learn for himself by observation ...
... veins of the wings , and in the manner of carrying them when at rest or in flight , which are quite characteristic of the two groups ; but all of these things the attentive student will quickly learn for himself by observation ...
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Amblyscirtes anal angle antennæ apex Argynnis Arizona Atrytone base Basilarchia Behr black spots blue Boisduval border Brenthis BUTTERFLY BOOK Butterfly.-The California caterpillar feeds cell chrysalis Chrysophanus Colias color Colorado COPYRIGHTED BY W. J. costa Cramer dark brown darker discal discocellular dorsal Early Stages Early Stages.-These Early Stages.-Unknown Entomologist Euchloë Expanse EXPLANATION OF PLATE Fabricius female fore wings fulvous genera Grapta gray ground-color Hair-streak hind wings Hübner inch inner margin insect larva larvæ Lerema life-history light spots Linnæus Lycana Melitæa Mexico milkweed butterfly mottled Neuration of genus nicippe Oarisma ocelli Oligoria outer margin paler palpi Papilio Phyciodes Pieris Plate XLVII Plate XXX preceding species primaries radial vein Reakirt region resembles Satyrus Scudder secondaries sexes shade side the fore side the wings Side view Skipper southern species species is found specimens subcostal subfamily submarginal Texas Thanaos Thecla upper side vein W. J. HOLLAND wings are pale
Pasajes populares
Página 282 - When daffodils begin to peer, With heigh ! the doxy over the dale, Why then comes in the sweet o' the year ; For the red blood reigns in the winter's pale. The white sheet bleaching on the hedge, With...
Página 93 - Entomology extends the limits of being in a new direction, so that I walk in nature with a sense of greater space and freedom. It suggests besides, that the universe is not. roughhewn, but perfect in its details. Nature will bear the closest inspection; she invites us to lay our eye level with the smallest leaf, and take an insect view of its plain.
Página 76 - Lo.! the bright train their radiant wings unfold, With silver fringed, and freckled o'er with gold. On the gay bosom of some fragrant flower, They, idly fluttering, live their little hour ; Their life all pleasure, and their task all play, All spring their age, and sunshine all their day.
Página 226 - What more felicitie can fall to creature Than to enjoy delight with libertie, And to be lord of all the works of Nature, To raine in th...
Página 197 - Hot midsummer's petted crone, Sweet to me thy drowsy tone Tells of countless sunny hours, Long days, and solid banks of flowers; Of gulfs of sweetness without bound In Indian wildernesses found; Of Syrian peace, immortal leisure, Firmest cheer, and bird-like pleasure.
Página 208 - Then we gather as we travel, Bits of moss and dirty gravel, And we chip off little specimens of stone; And we carry home as prizes Funny bugs, of handy sizes, Just to give the day a scientific tone.
Página 57 - Why art thou here, with thy gaudy dye, When she of the blue and sparkling eye Must sleep in the churchyard low...
Página 169 - Africa, and is one of the commonest, as well as one of the most deadly, of poisonous snakes.
Página 294 - HURT no living thing : Ladybird, nor butterfly, Nor moth with dusty wing, Nor cricket chirping cheerily, Nor grasshopper so light of leap, Nor dancing gnat, nor beetle fat, Nor harmless worms that creep.
Página 3 - As the laws of Nature must be the same for all beings, the conclusions furnished by this group of insects must be applicable to the whole organic world; therefore, the study of butterflies — creatures selected as the types of airiness and frivolity — instead of being despised, will some day be valued as one of the most important branches of Biological science.