An Introduction to Entomology: Or Elements of the Natural History of Insects: with Plates, 第 1 巻Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1822 |
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... inch instead of by the foot or by the yard , insects are deemed too insignificant parts of the creation , and of too little consequence to its general welfare , to render them worthy of any serious attention or study . What small ...
... inch instead of by the foot or by the yard , insects are deemed too insignificant parts of the creation , and of too little consequence to its general welfare , to render them worthy of any serious attention or study . What small ...
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... inch long , and a quarter of an inch in dia- meter , proceeded the butterfly before you , which covers a surface of nearly four inches square . Almost every insect which you see has undergone a transformation as singular and surprising ...
... inch long , and a quarter of an inch in dia- meter , proceeded the butterfly before you , which covers a surface of nearly four inches square . Almost every insect which you see has undergone a transformation as singular and surprising ...
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... inches of wall . Our great poet Spenser seems to have wit- nessed a similar appearance of them , which furnished him with the following beautiful simile : As when a swarme of gnats at eventide Out of the fennes of Allan doe arise ...
... inches of wall . Our great poet Spenser seems to have wit- nessed a similar appearance of them , which furnished him with the following beautiful simile : As when a swarme of gnats at eventide Out of the fennes of Allan doe arise ...
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... inches deep , leaving out the head only , which they cover with a handkerchief . " This illus- trious traveller has given an account in detail of these insect plagues , by which it appears that amongst them there are diurnal ...
... inches deep , leaving out the head only , which they cover with a handkerchief . " This illus- trious traveller has given an account in detail of these insect plagues , by which it appears that amongst them there are diurnal ...
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... inches in length , and three quarters of an inch in width , having ninety - five legs on each side , the first eight of which are armed with double claws , and two inches of the tail being without legs . It may form a distinct genus ...
... inches in length , and three quarters of an inch in width , having ninety - five legs on each side , the first eight of which are armed with double claws , and two inches of the tail being without legs . It may form a distinct genus ...
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Acari Acarus amongst animal ant-lion ants Aphides appear attack bees beetle birds body Bombyx butterfly called caterpillar cause Cecidomyia cells Coccus cockchafer Coleoptera colour combs common composed construction covered creatures Curculio deposited destroy devour Diptera earth eggs employed Entomology Estrus feed feet female flies flowers former furnished galls Geer genus grain grubs habitations head Hist hole honey Huber Hymenoptera Ichneumon inch inhabitants injury insects kind labour larva larvæ Latr Latreille leaf leaves legs Lepidoptera letter Linn Linné locusts maggots mandibles moth Mouffet nature nest object observed occasion oviposit perfect Phthiriasis plants PLATE prey probably produced Ptinus pupa quadrupeds ravages Reaum Reaumur resembling scarcely seems side silk similar singular Sir Joseph Banks skin sometimes species spider sting substance swarms threads Tinea tion Trans trees tribe various vegetable wasps whole wings wood young
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219 ページ - A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations.
220 ページ - The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining...
390 ページ - An idle summer life in fortune's shine , A season's glitter ! Thus they flutter on From toy to toy, from vanity to vice; Till , blown away by death , oblivion...
219 ページ - Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array.
220 ページ - But I will remove far off from you the northern army, and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall come up, and his ill savor shall come up, because he hath done great things.
219 ページ - A fire devoureth before them ; and behind them a flame burneth : the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness ; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
377 ページ - ... forefeet on the table on which the comb stood, and so with their hind feet kept the comb from falling. When these were weary others took their places. In this constrained and painful posture, fresh bees relieving their comrades at intervals, and each working in its turn, did these affectionate little insects support the comb for nearly three days : at the end of which they had prepared sufficient wax to build pillars with.
153 ページ - As soon as this plague appears, and their buzzing is heard, all the cattle forsake their food, and run wildly about the plain, till they die, worn out with fatigue, fright, and hunger.
216 ページ - The column they composed, my friend was informed, extended five hundred miles; and so compact was it, when on the wing, that, like an eclipse, it completely hid the sun, so that no shadow was cast by any object, and some lofty tombs distant from his residence not more than two hundred yards were rendered quite invisible.
174 ページ - ... and, what is most remarkable and without parallel, the sexual intercourse of one original pair serves for all the generations which proceed from the female for a whole succeeding year.