Original Article from The New England Journal of Medicine — Memoir upon the Compound and Smooth or Simple Eyes of Insects, and on the Manner in Which These Two Species of Eyes Concur in Vision ...

Memoir upon the Compound and Smooth or Simple Eyes of Insects, and on the Manner in Which These Two Species of Eyes Concur in Vision. Author: M. MARCEL DE SERRES Author Info & Affiliations.

The simple eyes of most insects can’t make an image because the focal length of the lens is longer than the distance to the retinal cells. Dragonflies and damselflies, however, may be an exception.

The experiments range from such simple things as putting a bee in a bottle and showing Simple Experiments with Insects By Dr. H. Kalmus. Pp. xii + 132. (London: William Heinemann, Ltd., 1948.) 7s. 6d.