[V] The proboscis of the carpenter-bee differs from that of the honey-bee, possessing a curious notched sheath, as represented in the lower cut.
[W] If we refuse to adopt Dr. Erichson's view of the use of the antennæ.
[X] This plant is a native of South Africa, and a fine specimen of it exists in the conservatories at Kew. Its botanical name is Stapelia.
[Y] The writer has repeated these experiments in a number of cases, and finds their accuracy confirmed. By cutting off one of the poisers, the fly is partly crippled, and has a disposition to spin round in flying; by cutting off both, it is quite unable to fly at all, and becomes instantly sensible of the loss of apparently a most important pair of organs, by being so tame as not to try to escape from a touch. A "Father Long-legs" thus treated had a tendency to fall head foremost, and also to lie on its back.
[Z] The writer is responsible for these experiments.
[AA] See p. 160.
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