A Text-book of Entomology / Including the Anatomy, Physiology, Embryology and Metamorphoses of Insects for Use in Agricultural and Technical Schools and Colleges as Well as by the Working Entomologist
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A TEXT-BOOK OF ENTOMOLOGY
ALPHEUS S. PACKARD, M.D., Ph.D.
PROFESSOR OF ZOÖLOGY AND GEOLOGY, BROWN UNIVERSITY AUTHOR OF “GUIDE TO STUDY OF INSECTS,” “ENTOMOLOGY FOR BEGINNERS,” ETC.
New York
THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
LONDON: MACMILLAN & CO., Ltd.
1898
All rights reserved
Copyright, 1898,
By THE MACMILLAN COMPANY.
A. S. Packard
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PREFACE
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I.—MORPHOLOGY AND PHYSIOLOGY
POSITION OF INSECTS IN THE ANIMAL KINGDOM
RELATIONS OF INSECTS TO OTHER ARTHROPODA
LITERATURE ON SCOLOPENDRELLA
INSECTA (HEXAPODA)
1. EXTERNAL ANATOMY
LITERATURE ON THE EXTERNAL ANATOMY
THE HEAD AND ITS APPENDAGES
LITERATURE ON THE EPIPHARYNX
LITERATURE OF THE MOUTH-PARTS OR BUCCAL APPENDAGES
THE THORAX AND ITS APPENDAGES
LITERATURE ON LEGS AND FEET
LITERATURE OF LOCOMOTION (WALKING, ETC.)
LITERATURE OF WALKING ON SMOOTH SURFACES
LITERATURE ON THE WINGS
LITERATURE ON FLIGHT
THE ABDOMEN AND ITS APPENDAGES
LITERATURE ON THE ABDOMEN AND ITS APPENDAGES
THE ARMATURE OF INSECTS: SETÆ, HAIRS, SCALES, TUBERCLES, ETC.
LITERATURE
THE COLORS OF INSECTS
LITERATURE
2. INTERNAL ANATOMY
THE MUSCULAR SYSTEM
LITERATURE ON THE MUSCLES
THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
LITERATURE ON THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
THE SENSORY ORGANS
LITERATURE ON THE EYES AND VISION
LITERATURE OF THE ORGANS OF SMELL
LITERATURE ON THE ORGANS OF TASTE
LITERATURE ON THE ORGANS OF HEARING
THE DIGESTIVE CANAL AND ITS APPENDAGES
LITERATURE ON THE ORGANS OF DIGESTION
LITERATURE ON THE PHYSIOLOGY OF DIGESTION
THE GLANDULAR AND EXCRETORY APPENDAGES OF THE DIGESTIVE CANAL
LITERATURE ON THE SALIVARY GLANDS
LITERATURE ON THE SPINNING GLANDS
LITERATURE ON THE EXCRETORY (URINARY) ORGANS
LITERATURE ON THE SECRETORY GLANDS
DEFENSIVE OR REPUGNATORIAL SCENT-GLANDS
LEPIDOPTERA
LITERATURE ON DEFENSIVE OR REPUGNATORIAL GLANDS
THE ALLURING OR SCENT-GLANDS
LITERATURE ON ALLURING GLANDS
THE ORGANS OF CIRCULATION
LITERATURE ON THE HEART AND ON THE CIRCULATION OF THE BLOOD
THE BLOOD TISSUE
LITERATURE ON PHOSPHORESCENCE
THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
LITERATURE ON THE ORGANS AND PHYSIOLOGY OF RESPIRATION
THE ORGANS OF REPRODUCTION
LITERATURE ON THE ORGANS OF REPRODUCTION
PART II. EMBRYOLOGY OF INSECTS
LITERATURE ON EMBRYOLOGY
PART III.—THE METAMORPHOSES OF INSECTS
THE LARVA
LITERATURE ON ANCESTRY OF INSECTS, ETC.
THE PUPA STATE
FORMATION OF THE PUPA AND IMAGO IN THE HOLOMETABOLOUS INSECTS (THE DIPTERA EXCEPTED)
DEVELOPMENT OF THE IMAGO IN THE DIPTERA
HYPERMETAMORPHISM
SUMMARY OF THE FACTS AND SUGGESTIONS AS TO THE CAUSES OF METAMORPHISM
LITERATURE ON POSTEMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT AND METAMORPHOSES
INDEX
