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(1888) [MARC] Author: Albert Alberg
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178 The Floral King.

“60. Two singular and new Genera of Insects.

“75, Fifteen new species Insectorum.

*° 76. Cancer cuysor Bellon; or, a crawfish which
runs on land.

“77. The Ants which course on the sand, by the
Pyramids of Egypt.

“78. The tiny Ant which exists in the houses in
Cairo, and is one of the seven scourges of
Pharaoh.

“ag. The African Scorpion.

‘All these, and much more have already been
described with all particulars in Egypt, by Herr
Hasselqvist.”

Fabricus, one of his many foreign disciples, writes:
** During two whole years I was fortunate enough to
enjoy the teaching, guidance, and intimate friend-
ship of Linnzeus. When I made his acquaintance
he had not yet reached his sixtieth year, but his brow
was already furrowed. His countenance was open,
almost always gladsome, and resembled much his
portrait in Species Plantarum. But his eyes—of all
eyes I ever have seen, they were the most beautiful.

Certainly they were not large, but were illumined by

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