. A manual for the study of insects. Insects. 5/2 THE STUDY OF INSECTS. row a short distance, and builds a plug of chips below it The autumn winds break the branch from the tree. The larva remains in its burrow through the winter, and under goes its transformations in the spring. No one has ex plained its object in severing the branch. The adult is i plain, brownish-gray beetle. Whenever it becomes abun dant its increase can be checked by gathering the faller branches in the autumn and burning them before the beetles have escaped. Subfamily Lamiin^E (Lam-i-i'nae). The Lamiids {Lain i-tds). As
. A manual for the study of insects. Insects. 5/2 THE STUDY OF INSECTS. row a short distance, and builds a plug of chips below it The autumn winds break the branch from the tree. The larva remains in its burrow through the winter, and under goes its transformations in the spring. No one has ex plained its object in severing the branch. The adult is i plain, brownish-gray beetle. Whenever it becomes abun dant its increase can be checked by gathering the faller branches in the autumn and burning them before the beetles have escaped. Subfamily Lamiin^E (Lam-i-i'nae). The Lamiids {Lain i-tds). As in the preceding subfamily, the prothorax is roundec with these beetles ; but the Lamiids are distinguished by having the fore tibiae obliquely grooved on the inner side and the last segment of the palpi cylindrical and pointed The following are some of the more important species:— The Sawyer, Monohammus coitfusor (Mon-o-ham^mu: con-fu'sor).—This beautiful brown and gray beetle is about an inch and a quarter long, with antennae as long as the body in the case of the female and twice as long- in the case of the male (Fig. 696). The larva bores in the sound wood of pine and of fir, mak- ing a hole, when full grown, one half inch in diameter. The pupa state is passed within the burrow. It some- times occurs in such numbers as to kill the infested trees. The Round- FiG. 696. headed Apple-tree. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Comstock, John Henry, 1849-1931; Comstock, Anna Botsford, 1854-1930. joint author. Ithaca, N. Y. , Comstock Pub. Co.
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