MICROGRAPHIA
OR SOME PHYSIOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS OF MINUTE BODIES
 MADE BY MAGNIFYING GLASSES WITH  OBSERVATIONS AND ENQUIRIES THEREUPON
by ROBERT HOOKE
Published by THE ROYAL SOCIETY. Printed by JOHN MARTYN & JAMES ALLESTRY. LONDON 1665
PLATE 29
GREAT BELLY'D OR FEMALE GNAT

THE GREAT BELLY'D OR FEMALE GNAT

IMAGE REF: HKE002
PAGE TEXT: "... to draw out as much blood as to fill its belly as full as it could hold ...."

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