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The outside figure of each pair here given, shows the exact size and form of the fore-wing in a butterfly of Celebes, while the inner one represents the most closely allied species from one of the adjacent islands.

The Malay Archipelago 2004

With reference to the reason of this growth it is of importance to note that experiments, consisting in the application of artificial heat to the chrysales of the swallow-tail and sailor-butterfly, demonstrated that by this means "the fore-wing is drawn out more toward the outer wing-vein, and the rim of the fore-wing becomes more elongated and curved."

At the Deathbed of Darwinism A Series of Papers Eberhard Dennert

Humeral suture: in Odonata, runs from just in front the base of the fore-wing to the edge of the median coxa, separating the mesepisternum from the mesepimeron.

Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith

The leaf-like form results from an acumination and elongation of the wings, which in turn results from a marked elongation of the rim of the fore-wing.

At the Deathbed of Darwinism A Series of Papers Eberhard Dennert

Many are marked with changeable metallic hues on the upper side of the fore-wing: some violet, some with green, and some with golden bronze.

The Heart of Nature or, The Quest for Natural Beauty Francis Edward Younghusband 1902

But when flying about its upper side, which is a deep violet-blue with a conspicuous yellowish bar across the fore-wing, is exposed, and the butterfly is then most beautiful.

The Heart of Nature or, The Quest for Natural Beauty Francis Edward Younghusband 1902

It may have shaded through the fore-wing from beneath, and over the back wing from above.

Moths of the Limberlost Gene Stratton-Porter 1893

A clay - coloured band bordered the edge, touched with irregular splashes of dark brown, a little below them a slightly heavier line than that on the fore-wing, which seemed to follow the outline of the decorations.

Moths of the Limberlost Gene Stratton-Porter 1893

If I try to force a fore-wing with my fingers to secure a wider sweep, so that the markings of the back wings show, the moths resent it by closing them closer than before, climbing to a different location or often taking flight.

Moths of the Limberlost Gene Stratton-Porter 1893

A stiff bunch of bristles serves the same purpose in most females, while some have a lobe extending from the fore-wing.

Moths of the Limberlost Gene Stratton-Porter 1893