- Syrian Ants
The Ant is mentioned twice in the Old Testament, both times in the Book of Proverbs (vi. 6 and xxx. 25). Ants are characterized as being exceeding wise, and in both passages are commended for their diligence in preparing their food in the summer, thus by their fore-sight providing for their winter sustenance. Such is at least the` obvious implication contained in the text. This habit was, and is still, contradicted by some writers, from their knowledge of the ways of European ants, which are dormant in the winter, and therefore stand in no need of food. - Every good mother should be the honored queen of a happy family
The group of bees represents the attitude in which the bees surround their Queen or Mother as she rests upon the comb. - Bees
The figure is a very accurate representation of the Queen, the Worker and the Drone. - Flea
The strength and beauty of this small creature, had it no other relation at all to man, would deserve a description. For its strength, the Microscope is able to make no greater discoveries of it then the naked eye, but onely the curious contrivance of its leggs and joints, for the exerting that strength, is very plainly manifested, such as no other creature, I have yet observ'd, has any thing like it; for the joints of it are so adapted, that he can, as 'twere, fold them short one within another, and suddenly stretch, or spring them out to their whole length, that is, of the fore-leggs, the part A, of the Scheme, lies within B, and B within C, parallel to, or side by side each other; but the parts of the two next, lie quite contrary, that is, D without E, and E without F, but parallel also; but the parts of the hinder leggs, G, H and I, bend one within another, like the parts of a double jointed Ruler, or like the foot, legg and thigh of a man; these six leggs he clitches up altogether, and when he leaps, springs them all out, and thereby exerts his whole strength at once. - Of the Eyes and Head of a Grey drone-Fly
I took a large grey Drone-Fly, that had a large head, but a small and slender body in proportion to it, and cutting off its head, I fix'd it with the forepart or face upwards upon my Object Plate (this I made choice of rather then the head of a great blue Fly, because my enquiry being now about the eyes, I found this Fly to have, first the biggest clusters of eyes in proportion to his head, of any small kind of Fly that I have yet seen, it being somewhat inclining towards the make of the large Dragon-Flies. Next, because there is a greater variety in the knobs or balls of each cluster, then is of any small Fly.) Then examining it according to my usual manner, by varying the degrees of light, and altering its position to each kinde of light, I drew that representation of it which is delineated in the 24. Scheme, and found these things to be as plain and evident, as notable and pleasant. - Cærostris Mitralis, in profile
- Cærostris Mitralis
- The Caterpillar of the Small Elephant Hawk-moth (Chærocampa porcellus)
- The Caterpillar of the Elephant Hawk-Moth (Chærocampa elpenor). First stage
- The Caterpillar of the Elephant Hawk-Moth (Chærocampa elpenor). Second Stage
- The Caterpillar of the Elephant Hawk-Moth (Chærocampa elpenor). Just before the second moult.
- The Caterpillar of the Elephant Hawk-Moth (Chærocampa elpenor). Third Stage
- The Caterpillar of the Elephant Hawk-Moth (Chærocampa elpenor). Fourth Stage
- The Caterpillar of the Elephant Hawk-Moth (Chærocampa elpenor). Fifth Stage
- The Caterpillar of the Elephant Hawk-Moth (Chærocampa elpenor). Full grown
- The Caterpillar of the Eyed Hawk-Moth (Smerinthus ocellatus)
- The Caterpillar of the Marbled White Butterfly (Arge galathea)
- Chinch Bug
- Thirteen-Spotted Lady Beetle
- Chrysalis of Tomato Worm
- Centipede
- Simulium venustum
The Simuliidæ, or black flies, are small, dark, or black flies, with a stout body and a hump-back appearance. The antennæ are short but eleven-segmented, the wings broad, without scales or hairs, and with the anterior veins stout but the others very weak. The mouth-parts are fitted for biting. - Sepsis violacea; puparium and adult
Sepsis violacea; puparium and adult - Section through a venom gland of Latrodectus 13-guttatus showing the peritoneal, muscular and epithelial layers
- Sarcoptes scabiei. Diagrammatic representation of the course in the skin of man
- Sarcoptes scabiei, male
- Sarcoptes scabiei, female
- Salivary glands of Notonecta maculata
- Reduvius (Opsicœtus) personatus
- Rasahus biguttatus
- Poison apparatus of a honey bee
- Piophila casei
- Pediculus showing the blind sac (b) containing the mouth parts (a) beneath the alimentary canal (p)
- Pediculoides ventricosus, female
- Otiobius (Ornithodoros) megnini, male. (a) dorsal, (b) ventral aspect
- Otiobius (Ornithodoros) megnini, head of nymph
- Notœdres cati, male and female
- Muscina stabulan
- Mandible of Scolopendra cingulata showing venom gland
- Lucilia cæsar
- Linguatula. (a) larva; (enlarged). (b) adult; (natural size)
- Life cycle of the malarial parasite
- Left spiracle of nymph of Argas persicus
- Left hand stigmata of the larvæ of muscoidea
- Larva of Simulium
- Larva of Fannia scalaris
- Larva of Anopheles
- Ixodes ricinus; male, ventral aspect
- Head of a spider showing poison gland (c) and its relation to the chelicera (a)
- Head and pronotum of (a) dog flea; (b) of cat flea; (c) of hen flea (d) Nycteridiphilus (Ischnopsyllus) hexactenus
- Xenopsylla cheopis, male
- Two common centipedes
- The yellow fever mosquito (Aëdes calopus)
- The Italian tarantula
- The cattle tick (Boophilus annulatus). (a) Female; (b) male
- Sting of a honey bee
- Some early medical entomology
- Dog flea
- Dipylidium caninum. The double pored tapeworm of the dog
- Dipylidium caninum. Rostrum evaginated and invaginated