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The upper parts of the female are of a shining green colour , marked transversely
on the wing cases with a few short white or yellowish lines . The male is of a
burnished copper colour , with a greenish cast . These insects are somewhat
more ...
The upper parts of the female are of a shining green colour , marked transversely
on the wing cases with a few short white or yellowish lines . The male is of a
burnished copper colour , with a greenish cast . These insects are somewhat
more ...
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There is a very elegant species of the curculio ( c . auratus ) frequently seen
during the summer months in fields and gardens . It is about a quarter of an inch
in length , and of the most beautiful gold or silver - green colour , exhibiting ,
when ...
There is a very elegant species of the curculio ( c . auratus ) frequently seen
during the summer months in fields and gardens . It is about a quarter of an inch
in length , and of the most beautiful gold or silver - green colour , exhibiting ,
when ...
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The papilionaceous insects , in general , soon after their enlargement from the
chrysalis , and commonly during their first flight , discharge some drops of a red .
coloured fluid , more or less intense in different speDr . Skrimshire ' s Essays on ...
The papilionaceous insects , in general , soon after their enlargement from the
chrysalis , and commonly during their first flight , discharge some drops of a red .
coloured fluid , more or less intense in different speDr . Skrimshire ' s Essays on ...
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brown , the former finely clouded with different shades , i while the lower wings
are of a bright rose - colour , each marked with a black spot . The largest and
most remarkable of the British hawk - moths is the sphynx atropos or death ' s -
head ...
brown , the former finely clouded with different shades , i while the lower wings
are of a bright rose - colour , each marked with a black spot . The largest and
most remarkable of the British hawk - moths is the sphynx atropos or death ' s -
head ...
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Harris ' s Exposition of English Insects , arranged on Fifty - one coloured Plates ,
exhibiting nearly Five Hundred Figures , 4to , 1776 - 82 . - Barbut ' s Genera of
English Insects , 4to , 1781 . - Donovan ' s Natural History of British Insects ...
Harris ' s Exposition of English Insects , arranged on Fifty - one coloured Plates ,
exhibiting nearly Five Hundred Figures , 4to , 1776 - 82 . - Barbut ' s Genera of
English Insects , 4to , 1781 . - Donovan ' s Natural History of British Insects ...
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Page 160 - And Ardennes waves above them her green leaves, Dewy with nature's tear-drops as they pass, Grieving, if aught inanimate e'er grieves, Over the unre turning brave — alas ! Ere evening to be trodden like the grass, Which now beneath them, but above shall grow In its next verdure ; when this fiery mass Of living valour, rolling on the foe And burning with high hope, shall moulder cold and low...
Page 160 - Cameron's gathering' rose! The war-note of Lochiel, which Albyn's hills Have heard, and heard, too, have her Saxon foes; How in the noon of night that pibroch thrills, Savage and shrill! But with the breath which fills Their mountain-pipe, so fill the mountaineers With the fierce native daring which instils The stirring memory of a thousand years, And Evan's, Donald's fame rings in each clansman's ears!
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Page 92 - Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep : All these with ceaseless praise his works behold Both day and night. How often from the steep Of echoing hill or thicket have we heard Celestial voices to the midnight air, Sole, or responsive each to other's note, Singing their great Creator...
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