real 



Fig. 5. MAGNIFIED VIEW OF THE LURCO OR GLUTTON. 



MICROSCOPIC OBJECTS. 



1. Microscopic objects. 2. The dragon-fly and its larvae. 3. The satyr. 

 4. The linceus sphericus. 5. The lurco, or glutton. 6. The 

 water-fly. 



1. HATING in the preceding Tract explained the structure, 

 application, and use of the microscope in the various forms which 

 have been given to that instrument, we shall here briefly notice a 

 few remarkable microscopic objects, selected chiefly from the 

 Microscopic Cabinet of Mr. Pritchard, illustrated with magnified 

 drawings by the late Dr. Goring. 



2. The family Libellulidae includes an extensive and beautiful 

 group of large insects not sensibly differing in their external form 

 from the ant-lion, already noticed.* 



* Instinct and Intelligence, p. 119. 

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