Insects at home; being a popular account of insects, their structure, habits and transformations . COCOONS OF SAW-FLIES. 301 and is given to the insects because their bodies are thicklycovered with hair, instead of being nearly naked like those ofthe preceding genus. The whole appearance of the body is sobee-like that most persons who see the insect imagine that itbelongs to the bees and not to the Saw-flies. It can, however, /A/,. 1. Cimbex lutea. 2. Tenthredo Cimbex larva. 6. Lophyrus larva. Do. antenna, female. 3. Cryptus pallipes. 4. Lophyrus , cocoon. d. Do. a
Insects at home; being a popular account of insects, their structure, habits and transformations . COCOONS OF SAW-FLIES. 301 and is given to the insects because their bodies are thicklycovered with hair, instead of being nearly naked like those ofthe preceding genus. The whole appearance of the body is sobee-like that most persons who see the insect imagine that itbelongs to the bees and not to the Saw-flies. It can, however, /A/,. 1. Cimbex lutea. 2. Tenthredo Cimbex larva. 6. Lophyrus larva. Do. antenna, female. 3. Cryptus pallipes. 4. Lophyrus , cocoon. d. Do. antenna, male. be distinguished by the shape of the antennae, which are ter-minated by round knobs composed of three joints fused to-gether. The rest of the organ is composed of five colour of the insect is dark brown, and the wings aredarkish, with a smoky streak along their lower edges. The insect is common upon whitethorn, and may be seen in ailthese stages. The larva, like that of the last-mentioned Saw-fly, prefers the upper surface of leaves, and coils itself up in a 302 INSECTS AT HOME. similar fashion. The cocoons are not easily seen as long as theleaves are on the trees, but if a whitethorn hedge be carefullyexamined in the winter, the cocoons of the Trichiosoma willprobably be found in tolerable plenty. The twig on whichthey are fixed should be cut off, and the cocoons placed in a boxwith a cover of wire
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