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An Abnormality in the Boyau an Calicial (Female Accessory Glands) of the Desert Locust, Schistocerca gregaria, Forsk

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WHILE dissecting out the ovaries of the desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria, some time ago, I came across an abnormality in the accessory glands which is worth recording.

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  1. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 75; 1927.

  2. C.R. Acad. Sci., 22; 1896.

  3. “Locusts and Grasshoppers”. London, 1928.

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  1. Zoological Laboratory, Cambridge

    M. L. ROONWAL

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ROONWAL, M. An Abnormality in the Boyau an Calicial (Female Accessory Glands) of the Desert Locust, Schistocerca gregaria, Forsk. Nature 135, 394–395 (1935). https://doi.org/10.1038/135394b0

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