The Insects structure and function

New York: American Elsevier Pub. Co.. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1969. First Edition (?). Hardcover. 0444197583 . B&W Illustrations; 7 x 9 3/4 x 2; xii, 819 pages; Hard cover has grey lettering on white spine. Covers have light bumping, rubbing, sunning and scuffing. Pages are clean and tight; appears as if unused. Lavishly illustrated with 509 b/w figures. Contents: ection A. The head, ingestion, utilisation and distribution of food --Head and its appendages ; Feeding ; The alimentary canal ; Digestion and absorption ; Nutrition ; The fat body and general metabolism --Section B. The thorax and movement. The thorax and legs ; Locomotion ; The wings ; Movement and control of the wings ; The muscles ; Flight activity --Section C. The abdomen, reproduction and development. The abdomen ; The reproductive system ; Mating behaviour and the transfer of sperm to the female ; Oviposition and the egg ; Embryology ; Unusual types of development ; Hatching and postembryonic development ; Metamorphosis --Section D. The cuticle, respiration and excretion. The integument ; The tracheal system and respiration in terrestrial insects ; Respiration in aquatic and endoparastitic insects ; Nitrogenous excretion and salt and water regulation --Section E. The nervous and sensory systems. The nervous system ; The eyes and vision ; Sound production ; Mechanoreception ; Chemoreception ; Temperature and humidity --Section F. The blood, hormones and pheromones. The circulatory system ; The haemolymph ; The endocrine organs and hormones ; Diapause ; Pheromones. References; taxonomic index; index. Overweight/4#. .