Entomology for beginners; for the use of young folks, fruitgrowers, farmers, and gardeners; . th of a normal winged male and female, replace them inthe colony. A male or king was found by Muller livingwith thirty-one complemental females. Suit-order 1. Mallophaga.—The bird-lice live usually as parasites under the feathers ofbirds, eating the feathers; but thespecies of two genera (Tricho-dectes and Gyropus) live on mam-mals, eating the young hairs, andsometimes clots of blood. Theydiffer from lice in having jawsadapted for biting. They can bemounted in balsam as transparentobjects for the micr
Entomology for beginners; for the use of young folks, fruitgrowers, farmers, and gardeners; . th of a normal winged male and female, replace them inthe colony. A male or king was found by Muller livingwith thirty-one complemental females. Suit-order 1. Mallophaga.—The bird-lice live usually as parasites under the feathers ofbirds, eating the feathers; but thespecies of two genera (Tricho-dectes and Gyropus) live on mam-mals, eating the young hairs, andsometimes clots of blood. Theydiffer from lice in having jawsadapted for biting. They can bemounted in balsam as transparentobjects for the microscope. Family Philopteridae.—With fila-mentous 3- or 5-joiuted antennae, but nopalps. Tricliodectes canis De Geer, para-FIG. 50.—Goniocotes of domestic sitic on dogs; Goniocotes burneitiiP&ck. fowl- on the domestic fowl. Family Liotheidae.—With club-shaped 4-jointed antennae and porcelli Shrank, on the porpoise; G. ovalis, on the Guineapig; in the U. S., Menopon pallidum Kitsch, on fowls. Sub-order 2. Corrodentia.—This group includes the nor-mal, winged ORDER PLATTPTERA. 67 Family Perlidae.—Body long and flat; prothorax square; antennaelong and thread-like; abdomen ending in two long stylets; wings
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