RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. [Abstract of Transactions of the Linnean Society, 1815, vol. 11.]. CUL-DAR205.1.12. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 8.2021. RN1
NOTE: Kirby, William. 1811. Strepsiptera, a new order of insects proposed; and the characters of the order, with those of its genera, laid down. Read 19 March 1811. Transactions of the Linnean Society, 1815, vol. 11: 86-122.
Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin. The volume CUL-DAR205.1 contains notes on rudimentary organs.
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Linn. Trans XI. p. 103 Kirby says in Stylopida he cd not detect any mouths or lips, though in Stylops Melittæ there is something like upper lip. Professor Peck in his fresh specimens could see nothing but a depression under the head. – He & the Prof. consider they are armed with what represent the mandibulæ, but not formed for mastication.
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