Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 339
water. I have found it very interesting to keep sev-eral in an aquarium, and watch their habits onthe surface and among the water-plants. As 268 NATURE AND SCIENCE FOR YOUNG FOLKS. [Jan. the little beetles can fly, though loath to do sounder ordinary circumstances, it is necessaryto cover the… … HEAD OF GYRINUS. (Drawn from an enlarged view in the microscope. One pair oflarge goggle-like compound eyes under the head; another pair ofsmaller ones on the upper side of the head.) wings, and to the water by its polished water-proof armor and by legs especially formed forsecuring a firm hold on…
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