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The microscope and its revelations (1891)

Carpenter, William Benjamin, 1813-1885, Dallinger, W. H. (William Henry), 1842-1909 · Philadelphia, Blakiston · leaf 994

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ytubtotrs fripdis, some ofthe simple setiform hairs are three times the length of the body ;in the Trombidiida the body-hairs are often extremely fanciful. Thesetiform hairs are the principal organs of touch, those on the frontlegs being specially important. So sensitive are they that Clicybttisand… … Ac anna. MITES 935 hairs had an auditory function. In the Ixodiche a singular drum-like structure in the first leg has been considered by Haller andothers to be the hearing organ ; while in the Oribatidce that organappears to be located in the pseudo-stigmata, two paired organs atthe side of the…

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