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... larva of the buffalo- gnat has been proved to be carnivorous , and it is supposed that the larvæ of all the species live on animal matter , though possibly in some cases on dead leaves . On hatching the larvæ become attached to plants ...
... larva of the buffalo- gnat has been proved to be carnivorous , and it is supposed that the larvæ of all the species live on animal matter , though possibly in some cases on dead leaves . On hatching the larvæ become attached to plants ...
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... larva , which hibernates . In the spring the skin bursts and discloses a sixth larval form like the fourth . In this stage it is again active , burrowing in the earth , but taking no food , and in a few days passes into the pupa state ...
... larva , which hibernates . In the spring the skin bursts and discloses a sixth larval form like the fourth . In this stage it is again active , burrowing in the earth , but taking no food , and in a few days passes into the pupa state ...
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... larvæ usually have no tracheæ . The red color of these larvæ is due to hæmo- globin , a substance that has the power of at- tracting and storing oxygen and giving it off to the tissues as they require it . Such larvæ are able to live in ...
... larvæ usually have no tracheæ . The red color of these larvæ is due to hæmo- globin , a substance that has the power of at- tracting and storing oxygen and giving it off to the tissues as they require it . Such larvæ are able to live in ...
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... larvæ it deposits its eggs , which are long and cylindrical , in stacks ( " fly - blows " ) on meat , cheese , etc. The larvæ hatch in 24 hours ; they become fully grown in probably five or six days , and transform into pupa enclosed by ...
... larvæ it deposits its eggs , which are long and cylindrical , in stacks ( " fly - blows " ) on meat , cheese , etc. The larvæ hatch in 24 hours ; they become fully grown in probably five or six days , and transform into pupa enclosed by ...
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... larvæ are said to be indistinguish- able from those of the blow - fly . They are white , footless maggots , of an elongated conical shape , which transform in the ground . It is said that bluebottle flies do not commonly enter houses ...
... larvæ are said to be indistinguish- able from those of the blow - fly . They are white , footless maggots , of an elongated conical shape , which transform in the ground . It is said that bluebottle flies do not commonly enter houses ...
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Página 330 - St. Croix River to the highlands; along the said highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the river St. Lawrence, from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean, to the northwesternmost head of Connecticut River...
Página 99 - The neutral flag covers enemy's goods, with the exception of contraband of war; 3. Neutral goods, with the exception of contraband of war, are not liable to capture under enemy's flag; 4. Blockades, in order to be binding, must be effective — that is to say, maintained by a force sufficient really to prevent access to the coast of the enemy.
Página 360 - The Family Shakspeare ; in which nothing is added to the Original Text ; but those words and expressions are omitted which cannot with propriety be read aloud.
Página 331 - East by a line to be drawn along the middle of the River St. Croix, from its mouth in the Bay of Fundy to its source ; and from its source directly North to the aforesaid Highlands, which divide the Rivers that fall into the Atlantic Ocean from those which fall into the River St. Lawrence...
Página 333 - Equator, to the middle of the river Apalachicola or Catahouche; thence along the middle thereof to its junction with the Flint river ; thence straight to the head of St. Mary's river, and thence down along the middle of St. Mary's river to the Atlantic Ocean : — East, by a line to be drawn along the middle of the river St.
Página 335 - The boundary line between the two Republics shall commence in the Gulf of Mexico, three leagues from land, opposite the mouth of the Rio Grande, otherwise called Rio Bravo del Norte, or opposite the mouth of its deepest branch, if it should have more than one branch emptying directly into the sea; from thence up the middle of that river...
Página 331 - Lawrence from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean to the northwesternmost head of Connecticut River; thence down along the middle of that river to the forty-fifth degree of north latitude...
Página 335 - ... north latitude, thence along the said parallel of 31° 20' to the lllth meridian of longitude west of Greenwich, thence in a straight line to a point on the Colorado River twenty English miles below the junction of the Gila and Colorado rivers, thence up the middle of the said river Colorado until it intersects the present line between the United States and Mexico.
Página 330 - The Republic of Panama further grants to the United States in perpetuity the use, occupation, and control...
Página 371 - On my honor I will do my best: 1. To do my duty to God and my country, and to obey the Scout law. 2. To help other people at all times. 3. To keep myself physically strong, mentally awake, and morally straight.