Smithsonian miscellaneous collections . (See opposite page for legend.) Plate 8 Figs. 63-65. BlattcUa vaga. Dorsal (63) and ventral (64) views of a femalecarrying an ootheca. The keel is turned toward the females right. X , Newly hatched nymphs clustering around and climbing over the female was still carrying the ootheca (keel to the right) at hatching,but dropped it soon after this photograph was taken. The nymphs crawledall over the mother and seemingly fed on the greasy material covering thesurface of her body; the female raised her wings and some of the nymphscrawled unde


Smithsonian miscellaneous collections . (See opposite page for legend.) Plate 8 Figs. 63-65. BlattcUa vaga. Dorsal (63) and ventral (64) views of a femalecarrying an ootheca. The keel is turned toward the females right. X , Newly hatched nymphs clustering around and climbing over the female was still carrying the ootheca (keel to the right) at hatching,but dropped it soon after this photograph was taken. The nymphs crawledall over the mother and seemingly fed on the greasy material covering thesurface of her body; the female raised her wings and some of the nymphscrawled under them on the dorsal surface of her abdomen. X 5-8. SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 122, NO. 12, PL. 8. (See opposite page for legend.) SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 122, NO. 12, PL. 9 -t < ? * ???•


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