British Social Wasps: An Introduction to Their Anatomy and Physiology, Architecture, and General Natural History ; with Illustrations of the Different Species and Their NestsLongmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, 1868 - Всего страниц: 270 |
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abdomen abdominal ring anatomy antennæ appear arrangement attached bees black band body britannica British cells centre clypeus cocoon colour comb compound eyes connected corona cusp Cyclopædia dark direction displayed distinct dorsal dorsal scale edge eggs Entomology examination female fibres flies fore-wings germanica glands hairs higher animals honey-bee hooks hornet horny Hymenoptera integument joints labium labour larger larva larvæ lateral spots legs less limbs male mandibles markings maxillæ membrane meso-thorax metathorax microscope mode mouth muscles of flight Natural History nest notch observation oesophagus organs outer ovaries pair perfect insect Physiology Plate portion prothorax pupa queen round rufa salivary glands scale scape scarcely scutellum scutum second ring segments side skin smaller social Solitary group species specimen spiracles sting structure surface swarm sylvestris thorax tion trace trachea tree-wasps tubes Vespa Vespidæ vulgaris wasp's wasps wings workers yellow
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Стр. 153 - The sense of death is most in apprehension ; And the poor beetle, that we tread upon, In corporal sufferance finds a pang aa great As when a giant dies.*
Стр. 262 - society. It is the little rift within the lute, That by and by will make the music mute, And ever widening slowly silence all.
Стр. ii - Neat was their house; each table, chair, and stool, Stood in its place, or moving moved by rule; No lively print or picture graced the room; A plain brown paper lent its decent gloom.
Стр. 247 - We term sleep a death ; and yet it is waking that kills us, and destroys those spirits that are the house of life."*
Стр. 51 - vii, 18. The fly that is in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, and the bee that
Стр. 270 - Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house, lest he be weary of thee, and so hate thee.
Стр. 181 - By a rapid alternate movement of these levers the barbs are driven into the wound, the teeth of one barb acting as a fulcrum for the other. The two channelled surfaces
Стр. 187 - found a hole or a branch to suit her fastidious taste, she enters, in earnest, on the work of her life. The first rudiments of the nest that is to be appear in the form of a little grey cap of a flattened conical
Стр. 33 - eye well those heroes who have held their heads above water, who have touched pitch and not been defiled.
Стр. 236 - in the common wasp the larva is hatched eight days after oviposition; it grows to its full size in twelve to fourteen days, then spins its delicate hood, casts its integument, and after a passive pupa state of