A Taxonomist's Notebook

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unirdg-collections: “ Observ. XLII. Of a blue Fly “This kind of Fly, whereof a Microscopical Picture is delineated in the first figure of the 26.Scheme, is a very beautiful creature, and has many things about it very notable; divers of which I...

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Observ. XLII. Of a blue Fly

This kind of Fly, whereof a Microscopical Picture is delineated in the first figure of the 26.Scheme, is a very beautiful creature, and has many things about it very notable; divers of which I already partly described, namely, the feet, wings, eyes, and head, in the preceding Observations.

Hooke, R., Micrographia, The Royal Society: 1665, p.182.

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