Volume 1

Paley's Natural theology / with illustrative notes, by Henry, Lord Brougham and Sir Charles Bell to which are added supplementary dissertations, by Sir Charles Bell.

  • Paley, William, 1743-1805.
Date:
1836
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Credit: Paley's Natural theology / with illustrative notes, by Henry, Lord Brougham and Sir Charles Bell to which are added supplementary dissertations, by Sir Charles Bell. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.

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    the genus Hitter, 395 ; 82, on parasitical insects, 396 ; 83, on the ovipositors of insects, 397; 84, whimble of insects an ovipositor, ib.; 85, stings of insects used as ovipositors, 398 ; 86, anatomical description of the proboscis of the bee, 400 ; 87, on the indentation in the head to receive the proboscis, 401 ; 88, on the parts of the mouths of insects, ib.; 89, referring to note 86; 90, on the habits of bees in collecting food, &c, 402 ; 91, description of the parts of the mouth of the common flea, 403; 92, on the structure of the mouths of caterpillars, 404; 93, on the difference between the larva and the perfect insect, 406 ; 94, on bees' wax, 413; 95, on the construction of the cells of bees, 414 ; 96, on the genus Trichius, 414 ; 97, on the mode in which the stag-beetle cleans its antenna?, 415 ; 98, on the glow-worm, 416 ; 99, on the glow-worm's light, 417 ; 100, on the manner in which the spider attaches its thread to different bodies, 419; 101, on the number of the species of insects, 425; 102, number of the species of butterfly in this country, 426 ; 103, on insects subsisting on carrion, 428; 104, on the similarity between the improvements in paper-making and the construction of wasp-paper ; and on the migration of birds, 429. CHAPTER XX. OF PLANTS. Preservation, perfecting, and dispersing of seed, 431; germina- tion, 443; tendrils, 445 ; particular species, 448; vallis- neria, ib.; Cuscuta Europaea, 449; misseltoe, 451; colchi- chum autumnale, ib.; dionaea muscipula, 454. Note 105, on the structure of birds, 435 ; 106, correction of the text, 447; 107, on the Cuscuta Europaa, 450; 108, on para- sitical plants, 451; 109, no attracting syrup on the leaves of the dionaoa, 455 ; 110, description of the pitcher-plant, ib.