I soon found specimens with the perfect still adherent exuviae of the locomotive pupa, undistinguishable from the pupa already described as probably belonging to the female Alcippe.
Finally, I cannot doubt[75] that the Triton described by Linnaeus was only the exuviae of some Balanus (probably B.
The exuviae usually continue for a time united to the cemented antennae, but are finally washed away.
Thus littoral and estuary shells are more frequently liable even than freshwater species, to be intermixed with the exuviae of pelagic tribes.
The remains of fossil animals consist chiefly of their more solid parts, and the most rocky strata must have been soft when suchexuviae were inclosed in them.
The curious strata of bituminous schist in the first of these localities, are among the most ancient of any which contain the exuviae of organised bodies not testaceous.
The oldest fossils in the Silurian rocks are exuviae of marine animals; and if the view which is entertained by Principal Dawson and Dr.
After this has taken place the exuviae still remain firmly attached to the tree, and are very conspicuous objects; but if it is desired to remove them great care must be taken not to break off the legs, which are always very brittle.
In many old houses numbers of these exuviae may be seen projecting from holes in the boards--a relic of the destruction that has taken place within.
The perfect insect emerges from a rent in the thorax of the pupa, groups of exuviae being of common occurrence under the bark.
If, however, we could procure from other sources the substances which give to the exuviae of man and animals their value in agriculture, we should not need the latter.
When the insect has quitted the exuviae of the pupa, it has attained the last stage of its existence.
The oldest fossils in the Silurian rocks[70] are exuviae of marine animals; and if the view which is entertained by Principal Dawson and Dr.
The natural result of upheaving, in mass, the bed of the ocean, would be to protrude a body in which were embedded the marine exuviae throughout the whole depth of the marine deposites.
With respect to the generic name Triton, I fully believe that it was applied by Linnaeus to the cast-off exuviae of sessile Cirripedes.
Organic constituents, such as comminuted shells, and silicious and calcareous exuviae of infusorial animals and plants, are sometimes found mingled in considerable quantities with mineral sands.
The dirt-bed contains exuviae of tropical trees, accumulated through time, as the forest shed its honours on the spot where it grew, and became itself decayed.
Here, after a fortnight's rest, the animalcule bursts out, transformed into a perfect flea, leaving its exuviaein the bag.
The first hint I received of this wonderful operation, was by seeing their exuviae hanging on a hedge.
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