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Landois, he says, noticed neither the pedicel of the insertion of the wing (i) nor the ridge (b). Herold only states that the tracheæ pass like roots into the wing. Landois believed that they formed an integral part of it. Dewitz and Pancritius used sections to determine their situation.

Fig. 160 will illustrate Landois’ views as to the origin of the tracheæ and veins. A represents the germ of a hind wing attached to a trachea; c the elongated cells, in which, as seen at B, c, a fine tangled tracheal thread (t) appears, seen to be magnified at C. The cell walls break down, and the threads become those which pass through the centre of the veins.

Fig. 160.—Origin of the wings and their veins.—After Landois.

Fig. 161.-Section of the “rib” of a vein: c, cord; b, twig.—After Schaeffer.

The wing-rods.

Fig. 162.—Parts of a vein of the cockroach, showing the nerve (n) by the side of the trachea (tr); c, blood-corpuscles.—After Moseley.

Other histological elements.

Fine nerves have also been detected within the veins, Moseley stating that a nerve-fibre accompanies the trachea in all the larger veins in the insects he has examined (Fig. 162), while it is present in Melolontha, where the trachea is absent.