 ... which are touched with powder, pomatum, and similar substances, every thing made of leather, books, paper, and various other articles, which, if they do not destroy, at least they soil, as they frequently deposit a drop of their excrement where they...  The Naturalist's Library: Duncan, J. Introduction to entomology. 1840 - Page 223publié par - 1840Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | William Nicholson - 1809 - 716 pages
...all kinds of victuals, drest and undrcst, and damage all sorts of clothing, especially those wliich are touched with powder, pomatum, and similar substances;...excrement where they settle, and some way or other by tliat means damage what tbey cannot devour. They fly into the flame of candles, and sometimes into... | |
 | Mary Trimmer - 1825 - 278 pages
...natives or strangers. These filthy and voracious insects fly out in the evenings, plunder and defile all kinds of victuals, dressed and undressed, and damage all sorts of clothing, every thing made of leather, books, paper, and various other articles. They fly into the flame of candles,... | |
 | Young lady - 1829 - 542 pages
...to be a complete nuisance. These nasty and voracious insects, says Mr. Drury, fly out in the evening and commit monstrous depredations ; they plunder and...which, if they do not destroy, at least they soil. He proceeds to state, that they fly into the flame of candles, and sometimes into the dishes; are very... | |
 | Georges Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon - 1831 - 402 pages
...natives or strangers. These filthy and voracious insects fly out in the evening, plunder and defile all kinds of victuals, dressed and undressed, and damage all sorts of clothing, everything made of leather, books, paper, and various other articles. They fly into the flame of candles,... | |
 | James Rennie, John Obadiah Westwood - 1835 - 332 pages
...which came with raw sugar from the West Indies. This pestiferous race of beings, says an observer, are equally noisome and mischievous to natives or strangers,...not destroy, at least they soil, as they frequently deposite a drop of their excrement when they settle, and some way or other, by that means, damage what... | |
 | John Obadiah Westwood - 1839 - 490 pages
...ravages of these creatures are the most extensive, of which Drury has given us an account. They devour all kinds of victuals, dressed and undressed, and damage all sorts of clothing, leather, books, paper, &c., which if they do not destroy, at least they soil, as they frequently deposit... | |
 | 1857 - 474 pages
...to be a complete nuisance. These nasty and voracious insects, says Mr. Drury, fly out in the evening and commit monstrous depredations; they plunder, and....victuals, dressed and undressed; and damage all sorts of clpt|iiug, especially, those which are touched with powder, pomatum, and similar substances, every... | |
 | William Baird - 1858 - 642 pages
...which adheres to all they touch. They attack all kinds of substances, animal and vegetable, devour all kinds of victuals, dressed and undressed, and damage all sorts of clothing, leather, paper, books. &c. They even eat the extremities of the dead, and it is well known, on board... | |
 | Georg Hartwig - 1872 - 780 pages
...description of this disgusting insect at home gives us every reason to be thankful for its absence: — " They plunder and erode all kinds of victuals, dressed and undressed, and damage all sorts of clothes, especially such as are touched with powder, pomatum, and similar substances; everything made... | |
 | 1893 - 428 pages
...extract from Westwood and Drury will serve to indicate the character of their work : — "They devour all kinds of victuals, dressed and undressed, and damage all sorts of clothing, leather, books, paper, etc., which, if they do not destroy, at least they soil, as they frequently... | |
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