. The Cottage gardener. Gardening; Gardening. a; which magnified, and in another attitude, is represented in our se- cond woodcut. About the beginning of the present month the males and females may be found in pairs numerously on the plants they fre- quent. They are of a dirty white colour, thickly dotted and clothed with short hairs ; head broad and bluntly triangular, with black lines down its centre and sides ; eyes, one on each side, near the base of the head ; rostrum long, bent underneath its body when not in use ; antennae ending in a line bristle; thorax and shield {'scutellum), adjoin
. The Cottage gardener. Gardening; Gardening. a; which magnified, and in another attitude, is represented in our se- cond woodcut. About the beginning of the present month the males and females may be found in pairs numerously on the plants they fre- quent. They are of a dirty white colour, thickly dotted and clothed with short hairs ; head broad and bluntly triangular, with black lines down its centre and sides ; eyes, one on each side, near the base of the head ; rostrum long, bent underneath its body when not in use ; antennae ending in a line bristle; thorax and shield {'scutellum), adjoining the back of the head, brownish. The wing cases are brown, mottled with ochre, with four whitish patches on the margin ; .â uâ .. _.: . , iiTidescent. The legs, six in So effectual are they for the purpose that, as Mr. Kirhy states, after shewing their mode of leaping, tlicy will spring five or six feet at a time, being more than 2r)0 times their own length, or " as if a man of ordinary height should be able to vault through the air to the dis- tance of a quarter of a ; It is not ascertained where the eggs of this insect are de|J0sited, but probably on the stems of the plants on the shoots of which the larva feed. It appears, however, that they can travel after hatching, for seedlings and plants raised from root-cuttings are often affected. We know of no better plan for destroying the insect than drawing the affected shoots between the fingers, and then dipping these into a bowl of water after each grasp. In the case of carnation stems and other flowers, requiring more tender treatment, all the froth be taken from the insect by means of a piece of sponge, and itself then removed by a camel's- hair No. XLVI., Vol. IL. 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 [Londo
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