Insect life; an introduction to nature-study and a guide for teachers, students, and others interested in out-of-door life . likeat the sides of the body when atrest, and in having the beak arisefrom the hinder part of the lowerside of the head (Fig. 59). Among the more commonrepresentatives of this suborderare the cicadas (Fig. 63) and thespittle-insects and the tree-hop-pers, described in the chapter on Rj • ] T -r Tl Fig. 63.—A cicada, oadside Life. 1 he common plant-lice, or aphids, and the scale-bugs are also members of this suborder. Order Neuroptera (Neu-ropte-ra).The Dobsoii, Aphis-lio
Insect life; an introduction to nature-study and a guide for teachers, students, and others interested in out-of-door life . likeat the sides of the body when atrest, and in having the beak arisefrom the hinder part of the lowerside of the head (Fig. 59). Among the more commonrepresentatives of this suborderare the cicadas (Fig. 63) and thespittle-insects and the tree-hop-pers, described in the chapter on Rj • ] T -r Tl Fig. 63.—A cicada, oadside Life. 1 he common plant-lice, or aphids, and the scale-bugs are also members of this suborder. Order Neuroptera (Neu-ropte-ra).The Dobsoii, Aphis-lions, Ant-lions, and Others. The iiiciiibers of this order have four ivings; theseare membranous ami furnished loitJi numerous veins, andusually with many cross-veins. The head is not pro-longed into a beak. The mouth-parts are formed forbiting. The metamorpJiosis is complete. The name of this order is from two Greek words:neuron, a nerve, and pteron, a wing. It refers to thenimierous nerves, or veins as they are more com-monly called, with which the wings are furnished. When the name Neuroptera was first used it was.
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