Directions for collecting and preserving insects . d —The Bogus Potato-beetle, Doryphora juncta. ; b. larva1; c, beetle: (/and*1, parts of beetle enlarged. etable-feeders are found in all the tarsal divisions, though the r*< ndo-Mramera are the more essentially herbivorous, and consequently themost injurious. BULLETIN 39, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. [16]. FIG. 14.—A Butterfly, Pleris oleracea. Order LEPIDOPTERA (Ae™?, a scale; xrzpnv, whig). Butterfliesand Moths, or scaly-winged insects. Characterized by having four branching-veined membranous wings,each more or less densely
Directions for collecting and preserving insects . d —The Bogus Potato-beetle, Doryphora juncta. ; b. larva1; c, beetle: (/and*1, parts of beetle enlarged. etable-feeders are found in all the tarsal divisions, though the r*< ndo-Mramera are the more essentially herbivorous, and consequently themost injurious. BULLETIN 39, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. [16]. FIG. 14.—A Butterfly, Pleris oleracea. Order LEPIDOPTERA (Ae™?, a scale; xrzpnv, whig). Butterfliesand Moths, or scaly-winged insects. Characterized by having four branching-veined membranous wings,each more or less densely covered onboth sides with minute imbricatedscales which are attached by a stalk,but which easily rub off, and appearto the unaided eye like minute particlesof glistening dust or powder. Trans-formations complete. Next to the Lepidoptera, the Cole-optera are, perhaps, most familiar tothe popular mind. Every one admiresthe beauty of • these frail creatures,dressed in every conceivable pattern, and adorned with every con-ceivable color, so as to rival the delicate hues of the rainbow, andeclipse the most fantastic and elaborate designs of man. When magni-fied, the scales, to which this beauty of pattern and color is entirelydue, present all manner ofshapes, according to theparticular species or theparticular part of the indi-vidual from which they aretaken. Acco
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