Carpenter, William Benjamin, 1813-1885 · Philadelphia : Blakiston · leaf 841
The careful 754 INSECTS AND AEACHNIDA. strength not being sufficient to enable them to detach their tarsi.*—A similar apparatus on a far larger scale, presents itself on thefoot of the Dyiiscus (Fig. 436, a). The first joints of the tarsus ofthis insect are widely expanded, so as to form a… … A, Foot of Dytiscus, showing its apparatus of suckers; a, b,large stickers ; c, ordinary suckers:—B, one of the ordinarysuckers more highly magnified. plate; and this is provided with a very remarkable apparatus ofsuckers, of which one disk (a) is extremely large, and is furnishedwith strong…
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