. A manual for the study of insects. Insects. Fig. 185.—Scolops. Fig. 186.—Ormetiis septen- tj-ionali's. Figure i86 represents Ormeiiis septentrionalis (Or'me-nis sep- ten-tri-o-na'lis), a beautiful pale-green species powdered wath white, which feeds on wild grape-vines, drawing nourishment from the tender shoots and mid-ribs of the leaves during its young stages. Family Cercopid/E (Cer-cop'i-dee). The Spittle Insects or Frog-hoppers. During the summer months one often finds upon various shrubs and herbs masses of white froth. In the midst of each of these masses there lives a young insect, a
. A manual for the study of insects. Insects. Fig. 185.—Scolops. Fig. 186.—Ormetiis septen- tj-ionali's. Figure i86 represents Ormeiiis septentrionalis (Or'me-nis sep- ten-tri-o-na'lis), a beautiful pale-green species powdered wath white, which feeds on wild grape-vines, drawing nourishment from the tender shoots and mid-ribs of the leaves during its young stages. Family Cercopid/E (Cer-cop'i-dee). The Spittle Insects or Frog-hoppers. During the summer months one often finds upon various shrubs and herbs masses of white froth. In the midst of each of these masses there lives a young insect, a member of this family. In some cases as many as four or five insects inhabit the same mass of foam. The froth is supposed to consist of sap, which the insect has pumped from the plant, by means of its beak, and passed through its alimentary canal. It is asserted that these insects undergo all their transformations within this mass ; that when one is about to molt for the last time, a clear space is formed about its body ; the superficial part of the foam dries, so as to form a vaulted roof to a closed chamber, within which the change. 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 Comstock, John Henry, 1849-1931; Comstock, Anna Botsford, 1854-1930. joint author. Ithaca, N. Y. , Comstock Pub. Co.
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