. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. tual viands which he spreads monthly be- fore American apiarists. NATURAL HISTORY OF THE LECANIUM The fully developed insect, like all bark lice, is in the form of a scale (Fig. 1), closely applied to the limb or twig on which it works. This insect, like most of its genus, is brown, very convex above, (Fig. 1), and concave beneath, (Fig. 2). On the under side is a cotton-like secretion, common to all of the genus Lecanium, which serves to enfold the eggs. Underneath the species in question are two transverse parallel lines of this white d
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. tual viands which he spreads monthly be- fore American apiarists. NATURAL HISTORY OF THE LECANIUM The fully developed insect, like all bark lice, is in the form of a scale (Fig. 1), closely applied to the limb or twig on which it works. This insect, like most of its genus, is brown, very convex above, (Fig. 1), and concave beneath, (Fig. 2). On the under side is a cotton-like secretion, common to all of the genus Lecanium, which serves to enfold the eggs. Underneath the species in question are two transverse parallel lines of this white down, (Fig. 2). One of them, probably the anterior, is nearlj^ mar- ginal, and is interrupted in the middle; while the other is nearly central, and in place of the interruiation at the middle, it has a V-shaped projection .back or away from the other line. The form of the scale is Quadrangular, and not unlike tliat of a turtle, (Fig. 1). When fully developed it is. 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 [Hamilton, Ill. , etc. , Dadant & Sons]
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