. First[-ninth] annual report on the noxious, beneficial and other insects, of the state of Missouri, made to the State board of agriculture, pursuant to an appropriation for this purpose from the Legislature of the state . (S 120 FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT. j^et succeeded in bringing themthrough all their molts, and noone has bred the perfect insect, Ihave little doubt, from the larvalcharacteristics, that they willprove to be the Jumping TreeCricket mentioned. This insect (Fig. 48, «, ? ; 5, J)is of a pale yellowish-brown color,the female differing from the malein possessing a long ovipositor,and i
. First[-ninth] annual report on the noxious, beneficial and other insects, of the state of Missouri, made to the State board of agriculture, pursuant to an appropriation for this purpose from the Legislature of the state . (S 120 FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT. j^et succeeded in bringing themthrough all their molts, and noone has bred the perfect insect, Ihave little doubt, from the larvalcharacteristics, that they willprove to be the Jumping TreeCricket mentioned. This insect (Fig. 48, «, ? ; 5, J)is of a pale yellowish-brown color,the female differing from the malein possessing a long ovipositor,and in her wings being morerounded and less ribbed and veined, so that she can not sing as hedoes. The twigs or canes of various cultivated plants, and notably thoseof the Grape-vine, Apple, Peach, Raspberry, Blackberry, White willowand Soft maple, are often more or less split or disfigured by a series ofclosely set but irregular punctures, as illustrated at figure 49, a. Uponcutting into such twigs we find that, unlike the eggs we have alreadymentioned, these all lie diagonally across the pith, close together, ina single, irregular, longitudinal row, as at h—the irregularity some-times making the row look as if double. More carefully examinedwi
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