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MR. W. A. FORBES, in the number for June 12 started the question, whether moths are known to inhabit Madagascar with probosces capable of such an expansion, as to obtain the last drops of the nectar secreted in the lower part of the whip-like nectaries of Anagræcum sesquipedale.
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MÜLLER, H. Probosces capable of Sucking the Nectar of Anagræcum sesquipedale. Nature 8, 223 (1873). https://doi.org/10.1038/008223a0
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