 Abdomen, without limbs, but carrying terminal appendages concerned in reproduction. which are usually more or less freely movable upon one another, and which never carry locomotive limbs, as is so commonly the case in the Crustacea. The extremity of the...  Text-book of Zoology for Schools and Colleges - Page 147by Henry Alleyne Nicholson - 1875 - 353 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Henry Alleyne Nicholson - Zoology - 1875 - 258 pages
...is so commonly the case with the Crustacea. The last segments of the abdomen, however, often carry appendages, which are primarily connected with reproduction,...weapons of offence and defence. Of this nature are the stings of bees and wasps, the forceps of the common Earwig, and the "ovipositors" of Saw-flies and... | |
 | Henry Alleyne Nicholson - Zoology - 1888 - 420 pages
...Crustacea. The extremity of the abdomen is, however, often furnished with appendages which are INSECTA. primarily connected with reproduction, but which are...closest possible relation with their habits and mode Vig. 108. — Diagram of the external anatomy of an Insect : a Head carrying the eyes (o) and antenn%... | |
 | Edward Percy Stebbing - Animals - 1908 - 538 pages
...furnished with simple jointed processes known as cerci (present in the cricket cf. fig. 49), or other appendages which are primarily connected with reproduction,...often converted into weapons of offence and defence (figs. 37, j ; 85 d ; 93). Of such a nature are the exserted " ovipositors " of Ichneumons, the stings... | |
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