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I like the hymenoptera order of insects - wasps, bees and ants.— Berks county news
The land evertebrates were so sparingly represented, that only three diptera, one species of hymenoptera, and some insect larvć and spiders could be collected.— The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II
A number of coleoptera, orthoptera, hymenoptera, and hemiptera give us examples, the habits of these animals never leading them to use their wings.— Evolution, Old ; New Or, the Theories of Buffon, Dr. Erasmus Darwin and Lamarck, as compared with that of Charles Darwin
[117] They soon became sober, however, when they were placed in fresh water, but remained listless and inert for some time afterward 117] Compare Romanes, Jelly-Fish, Star-Fish, and Sea-Urchins_, p. 227 Coleoptera, hymenoptera, diptera, in fact, all insects exhibit the characteristic effects of alcohol when under its influence.— The Dawn of Reason or, Mental Traits in the Lower Animals

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