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 EntomologistPackard, A. S. (Alpheus Spring)
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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
Packard, A. S. (Alpheus Spring)
Insects
_e._ Poison-glands 357
_f._ Adhesive or cement-glands 360
_g._ The wax-glands 361
_h._ “Honey-dew” or wax-glands of Aphids 364
_i._ Dermal glands in general 365
DEFENSIVE OR REPUGNATORIAL SCENT-GLANDS 368
Eversible coxal glands 369
Fœtid glands of Orthoptera 369
Anal glands of beetles 372
The blood as a repellent fluid 374
Eversible glands of caddis-worms and caterpillars 375
The osmeterium in Papilio larvæ 377
Dorsal and lateral eversible metameric sacs in other larvæ 377
Distribution of repugnatorial or alluring scent-glands in
insects 382
THE ALLURING OR SCENT-GLANDS 391
THE ORGANS OF CIRCULATION 397
_a._ The heart 397
The propulsatory apparatus 401
The supraspinal vessel 403
The aorta 404
The pericardial cells 405
Pulsatile organs of the legs 405
_b._ The blood 407
The leucocytes 407
_c._ The circulation of the blood 409
Effects of poisons on the pulsations 412
THE BLOOD TISSUE 419
_a._ The fat-body 419
_b._ The pericardial fat-body or pericardial cells 420
Leucocytes or phagocytes in connection with the
pericardial cells 421
_c._ The œnocytes 423
_d._ The phosphorescent organs 424
Physiology of the phosphorescence 426
THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM 430
_a._ The tracheæ 431
Distribution of the tracheæ 432
_b._ The spiracles or stigmata 437
The position and number of pairs of stigmata 439
The closing apparatus of the stigma 441
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