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The microscope and its revelations (1856)

Carpenter, William Benjamin, 1813-1885 · London : John Churchill · leaf 676

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conveyed is that of a set ofspines projecting obliquely from the flat surface of the scale,like the teeth of a hackle. A more careful examination ofscales, however, of which the superficial layers have beenpartly removed (c), serves to show that these dark lines arebut the spaces between the minute… … Battledoor Scale ofFoli/ommatus argus(azui-e-blue). * FodurcB may be obtained by sprinkling a little oatmeal on a piece ofblack paper near their hamits; and after leaving it there for a few hom-s,removing it carefully to a large glazed basin, so that, when they leap fromthe paper (as they will when…

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