. The American entomologist. Entomology. -Yello because objecls, that they to luimerous insei they are such large and conspicuous dl a ready prey to birds, and enemies. We will conclude this article by referring to a few of the more con- s])icnous of the latter. ThK LOXG - TAILED Oi'HioN-—{Ophion mac- riinitn, Linn.) — This lariio yellowish-brown Ichneumon fly (Fig. 63) i> often bred from the cdcoons in place of the moth which one expects. It is one of the most <'ommo7i parasites of this large insect, and the ( „in,.:_i;,-,.f.„, 1,1,,,., yellow, .mil u',1. feuiales appear to be On the 20


. The American entomologist. Entomology. -Yello because objecls, that they to luimerous insei they are such large and conspicuous dl a ready prey to birds, and enemies. We will conclude this article by referring to a few of the more con- s])icnous of the latter. ThK LOXG - TAILED Oi'HioN-—{Ophion mac- riinitn, Linn.) — This lariio yellowish-brown Ichneumon fly (Fig. 63) i> often bred from the cdcoons in place of the moth which one expects. It is one of the most <'ommo7i parasites of this large insect, and the ( „in,.:_i;,-,.f.„, 1,1,,,., yellow, .mil u',1. feuiales appear to be On the 20th of March,' 1867, Mr. J. A. Jack- | altogether more common than the males, for we son, of Gooding's Grove, Ills., brought to us a I have bred no less than seven of the former and cocoon fiom which the moth had not yet escape d. not a single one of the latt«r sex. The 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 Metcalf Collection (North Carolina State University). NCRS. New York : Max Jaegerhuber


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