. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. 270 Animal Life abdomen—the whole complex musical instru- ment being shielded with opercula. Why the male cicada should be furnished with such an elaborate and noise-producing apparatus is doubtful. Are the females, in which, however, " no special auditory organs have been detected,"* attracted thereby? My friend Colonel J. Randal Wilmer has no doubt on this matter, as he has had ocular demonstration. He says : " On one occasion I noticed a male cicada perched on a tree-trunk chirping loudly, and I stopped to
. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. 270 Animal Life abdomen—the whole complex musical instru- ment being shielded with opercula. Why the male cicada should be furnished with such an elaborate and noise-producing apparatus is doubtful. Are the females, in which, however, " no special auditory organs have been detected,"* attracted thereby? My friend Colonel J. Randal Wilmer has no doubt on this matter, as he has had ocular demonstration. He says : " On one occasion I noticed a male cicada perched on a tree-trunk chirping loudly, and I stopped to watch him. Presently I heard a slight rustling in the leaves overhead; the insect ceased his music for a time, but soon recom- menced to stridulate even more violent 1 y. There was. HUECHTS FUSCA. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original London
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