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THE MICEOSCOPE AND ITS LESSONS. 



COMPAEISON OF EGGS OF INSECTS WITH SEEDS OF 



PLANTS" (see p. 44). 



This admirable cut was drawn from nature expressly 

 for this work, by Mr. W. J. Norman, and the following is 

 his description of the group of figures upon it : 



Seeds, represented in the four corners ; A. Nemesia versicolor, a species 

 of snap-dragon ; B. Lynaria cymbalaria, or the ivy-leaved toad-flax ; c. 

 an umbellifer, allied to caraway seed ; D. Petunia. 



Eggs of Butterflies, etc. 



1. The Ked Admiral. 



2. Cabbage (large white, B.) 



3. Wood Fritillary. 



4. Brimstone Butterfly. 



5. Meadow brown Butterfly. 

 C. Large heath Butterfly. 



7. Copper Butterfly. 

 8-9. House-fly (front and side 

 view). 



10. Tree bug. 



11. Bed bug. 



12. Sedge bug. 



13. Parasite of pheasant. 



14. Parasite of peacock. 



15. Parasite of ground hornbill. 



16. Parasite of mallee-bird. 



17. Parasite of a duck. 



18. Egg of the Boat-fly. 



19. Ditto the Belle moth. 



20. Veneer moth. 



21. Clematis Emerald moth. 



22. Cabbage moth. 



23. Canary shouldered Thorn 



moth (front and side view). 



24. Swallow-tail butterfly. 



25. Yellow Shell moth. 



26. Waved umber ditto. 



27. Pink Bar ditto. 



28. Flea of man (pulex). 



DIFFERENT FORMS OF BUTTERFLIES' TONGUES (see p. 65). 



Fig. 1. Head of Large White Butterfly magnified about eight 

 diameters. 



Fig. 2. Proboscis of the same, magnified about 25 diameters. 



Fig. 3. A portion of the centre of same, about 100 diameters. 



Fig. 4. Extreme end of same, about 100 diameters. 



Fig. 5. Extreme end of the proboscis of the Small Tortoiseshell 

 Butterfly, about 100 diameters. 



Fig. G. One of the lobes of the same, about 150 diameters. 



All drawn from nature. 



