Evenings at the microscope : or, Researches among the minuter organs and forms of animal life (1884)
Gosse, Philip Henry, 1810-1888 · London : Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge · leaf 175
one end of the longaxis, they open and shut at the pleasure of the animal,like a long pocket memorandum-book of three leaves. But this structure is seen to still greater advantage inthe much larger Cockchafer, so abundant in May in someseasons. For here the joints composing the club aremuch more… … A>TE>NA OF COCKCHAFER. sphere; when alarmed, they are closed and withdrawnbeneath the shield of the head ; but, on the first essaytowards escape, or any kind of forward movement, theleaves are widely opened, and then, after an instantspause to test the perceptions on the sensorium, away…
Zoology · Microscopy
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