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I AM obliged to Dr. Harrison for remarking on the mistake in my letter in NATURE of December 9 where in one place “Aphides” was written instead of “Coccidæ.” The specific name proletella, placed under the outline sketch in Fig. 1 a, was given on the authority of a well-known entomologist to whom specimens were sent for identification. Dr. Harrison would name this brassicæ.

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MALLOCK, A. Divided Composite Eyes. Nature 111, 82 (1923). https://doi.org/10.1038/111082a0

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