. A treatise on some of the insects injurious to vegetation . Insect pests. 160 ORTHOPTERA. of the male, though grating, are comparatively feeble. The females lay their eggs in the autumn on the twigs of trees and shrubs, in double rows, of seven or eight eggs in each row. These eggs, in form, size, and color, and in their arrangement on the twig, strikingly resemble those of the katy-did. The Rev. Thomas Hill, of Waltham, had the kindness to procure some of them for me from Philadelphia. A third species, also of a green color, with still narrower wing-covers, which are of almost equal width f
. A treatise on some of the insects injurious to vegetation . Insect pests. 160 ORTHOPTERA. of the male, though grating, are comparatively feeble. The females lay their eggs in the autumn on the twigs of trees and shrubs, in double rows, of seven or eight eggs in each row. These eggs, in form, size, and color, and in their arrangement on the twig, strikingly resemble those of the katy-did. The Rev. Thomas Hill, of Waltham, had the kindness to procure some of them for me from Philadelphia. A third species, also of a green color, with still narrower wing-covers, which are of almost equal width from one end to the other, but are rounded at the tips, and are shorter than the wings, has the head, thorax, musical organs, and breast like those of the preceding species, but the piercer is Kg. much shorter, and very much more crooked, being- bent vertically upwards from near its base. The male has a long tapering projection from the under side of the extremity of. 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 Harris, Thaddeus William, 1795-1856; Flint, Charles Louis, 1824-1889. Boston : William White, printer to the state
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