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Scientific American, Vol. 27, No. 2 (1872) (1872)

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Scientific American. JuLy 13 ,1872.] 19 Fig. 17 is the fully developed female of a night mosquito found at the extreme north down to Florida. Her congener of the day resembles her closely, excopt that her body, when empty, is ofan apple green color, and turns to dark amethyst aftera meal, whica are… … The eye of the day mosquito is a most briliiant object. The Figs. 19, 20, and 21 are stings of several kinds. Authors which are kept apart and are yet connected by fibers in be facets are very thickly placed, and from each one springs a are not agreed as to the number of parts composing the sting ;…

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