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Miiller, Hermann. Probosces capapie of suck- 
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Miiller, Hermann. Saxifraga umbrosa 
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Reprint. (Botanical gazette, Sept. 1880, 
V. 5) P- 93-94, II cm.) 
Reprint, with comments. (Bull. Torrey 
bot. club, Sept. 1880, v. 7, p. 99-100, 15 cm.) 
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to the unconscious selection of certain syrphus flies 
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Miiller, Hermann. Die Wechselbeziehung- 
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Abstract, by F. Delpino,under title ‘‘Rap- 
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Mundt. A. H. Notes upon climatic influ- 
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Effect of differences of temperature and moisture on 
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N., N. Besitzt die cyprische Biene entschied- 
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Overrated ant (The). From Mark Twain’s 
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