. 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 . The usual coloris a bright crimson, but it sometimes inclines to green, especially whenyoung, or on the under side of the leaf; for though it is more often * Figured in Prairie Farmer, September -21, 1SC7. OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST. 119. found on the upper side, Ihave met with it cutting into these gallswe shall find them to be hol-low, and each to contain ap
. 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 . The usual coloris a bright crimson, but it sometimes inclines to green, especially whenyoung, or on the under side of the leaf; for though it is more often * Figured in Prairie Farmer, September -21, 1SC7. OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST. 119. found on the upper side, Ihave met with it cutting into these gallswe shall find them to be hol-low, and each to contain apale orange larva, which pro-bably resembles those already^_^ mentioned in transforming un-/\<^ der ground. The gall was firstbriefly described by BaronOsten Sacken (Diptera of , part I, p. 202). Similarbut distinct galls grow on theleaves of Hickory and Hack-berry, but are always green. i7.] EGGS IN AND ON CANES AND TWIGS. Of the innumerable forms of insect-eggs which are met with onplants, the few herewith described are continually sent to me fromcorrespondents who desire information as to their nature. Some ofthem were described by me in the AmeriGan Agriculturistfor last August, from which I shall draw largely in describ-ing them again. The first (in all probability those of theJumping Tree Cricket, Oroo/iaris saltator Uhler) are repre-i sented at figure 47, and are so abundant this winter that theywere received from six difierent quarters
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