Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 670
e reproduced with the black ink. This dust is now known to be composed oflittle flat scales variously colored, and givingtheir colors to the wing from which they weretaken. The figure shews only a few forms, butthe variety of shape varies widely, as we shallsoon learn if we examine various… … THE ARRANGEMENT OF THE SCALES. beetles, and even the common mosquito has themon the surface of the wings, and as a fringe-likeborder along the edge. ECHIDNA This animal is commonly called the spiny ant-eater or the porcupine ant-eater. It occurs inAustralia, Tasmania, and New Guinea. It feedson…
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