A preliminary introduction to the study of entomologyTogether with a chapter on remedies, or methods that can be used in fighting injurious insects; insect enemies of the apple tree and its fruit, and the insect enemies of small grains . 106 A PRELIMINARY INTRODUCTION One of these flies is figured herewith which has been bred from cut-worms. Other species are known to feed upon the eggs of different speciesof locusts or grasshoppers. Several of these latter species are describedat length in the Second Annual Report of the United States Entomo-logical Commission. These bee-flies are beautiful c
A preliminary introduction to the study of entomologyTogether with a chapter on remedies, or methods that can be used in fighting injurious insects; insect enemies of the apple tree and its fruit, and the insect enemies of small grains . 106 A PRELIMINARY INTRODUCTION One of these flies is figured herewith which has been bred from cut-worms. Other species are known to feed upon the eggs of different speciesof locusts or grasshoppers. Several of these latter species are describedat length in the Second Annual Report of the United States Entomo-logical Commission. These bee-flies are beautiful creatures and some of. Fig. 204.—a Bee-fly (Anthrax bypomelas): a, larva from Bide; b, pupal ekln protrudingfrom cutworm chrysalis; c, pupa; d, imago—all enlarged.—[Froni Insect Mfe.] them remind one not a little of the insects from which they have takentheir common name. They vary much in general appearance, but mostof them bear sufficient resemblance to the one here^ figured (Fig. 204) toenable any one to decide the family relations at least of any specimenthat may come into bis or her possession. The families that have been mentioned thus far are separated from
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