THE P]NTOMOLOGIST. 



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FEBRUARY, MDCCCLXXII. 



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Answers to Correspondents. 



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SCALES OF A GNAT, CULEX PIPIENS. 



Fig. 1. Battledore scale of proboscis, palpi, and legs. Fig. 2,2. Scales of the 

 wing-rays, and portions of the body. Fig. 3. Scale of the margin of the wing. 

 Fig. 4. Scale of the thorax. Fig. 5. Tip of the tarsus with scales in situ. 

 Fig. 7. A wing-ray with the scales adherent; but slightly disarranged by 

 pressure in preparation for the microscope. Fig. 8. Scale from body of a gnat ; 

 name unknown. — Copied from the ' Microscopical Journal' for October, 1871. 



Scales in Diptera. — Observing in our numerous scientific 

 journals that it lias been stated that scales have been 

 discovered on the wings of gnats, similar to those on the 

 wings of butterflies, 1 wish to ask whether this is likely to be 

 true, and, if true, whether it does not vitiate the character 



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