. Elementary text-book of zoology, general part and special part: protozoa to insecta. Animals. RHY^•CIIOTA. y 571 O "^ Fain. Cicadellidae (Klcinzirpen). Jassus biguttatvs Fabr., Ledra avrita "L., Tcttigonia cittata )Jtroj)hora. The prothorax is trapezoidal (seveu- coruered). The larva) eject a bubbly foam out of the anus (cuckoo-spittle), aud envelop themselves in it. The wing covers are coriaceous. Posterior tibife have three strong spines. A. sjmmurla 1,. ' ., (Buckelzirpen). ^ Centrotus cormttus L,, Slvnibraci <^Fam, MembracidaB ' latcrnlh Fabr. ^^ ^ Fam, Fulgoridae (Lcuc
. Elementary text-book of zoology, general part and special part: protozoa to insecta. Animals. RHY^•CIIOTA. y 571 O "^ Fain. Cicadellidae (Klcinzirpen). Jassus biguttatvs Fabr., Ledra avrita "L., Tcttigonia cittata )Jtroj)hora. The prothorax is trapezoidal (seveu- coruered). The larva) eject a bubbly foam out of the anus (cuckoo-spittle), aud envelop themselves in it. The wing covers are coriaceous. Posterior tibife have three strong spines. A. sjmmurla 1,. ' ., (Buckelzirpen). ^ Centrotus cormttus L,, Slvnibraci <^Fam, MembracidaB ' latcrnlh Fabr. ^^ ^ Fam, Fulgoridae (Lcuchtzirpen), In many species the abdomen is tjiickly covered with long strings and Hakes of wax, which in one species '(Flata limhatii) is so richly secreted that it is collected and sold as Chinese wax, v ^ Fulgora laternaria L., the lantern carrier of Surinam, is erroneously said by Merian to emit light from its lantern-shaped frontal process.*^ F. candelaria L., Chinese lantern-carrier, ^Lystra lanata L,, and other American species, y VFlata limhata Fabr„ China. ^ Fam. Cicadidae = Stridulantia (Singcicaden), The thick abdomen of the male is provided with a voice organ, which produces loud, shrill, chirping sounds (fig, 474). They arc very sliy, aud remain concealed between leaves in the day time. They feed on the juices of young shoots, and their puncture causes a flow of sweet plant juices, which harden and become manna 0 (Cicada orni L., Sicily). The females have a saw-like ovi- positor placed be- tween two jointed valves. The larvae, when hatched, crawl on the earth, into which they burrow with their shovel-like front legs, and suck the juice of roots. ''^Cicada orni L., South Europe, South Germany, Suh-order 4. Hemiptera (Bugs), The -wings of the front pair are half horny and half membranous (liemielytra), and lie horizontally on the body. Many species are apterous, as are the females of some species of -which the males have -wings. The first thoi-acic segment is large
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