. Marvels of insect life [microform] : a popular account of structure and habit. Insects; Insectes. 34 Marvels of Insect Horned Membracid. ,H, A ItnlUh rn'M'[itativi'of this ri'iimrkablc laiiiilv - Inn' -h-'wi 'W tiijii'^ bntiT than life lii ^'in-ral bitilil iiiuih llki' .1 trux lui)iivr, it has thr aildilioii of a pair iif hnm>i nhovr thi' hcul .iiitl Irriiii hitwnii thfst' a pniri'** cMti-iiil- i>vir thi iMtk ;iii(l tin- lUwil wiiif^ almii^t to thi' rstirtmlv ol tlw hiclv I'Vt's. Thu spi'ck> arc all f,'(KKi li-apcrs, with short, stout \v^>. arnu'd witli a
. Marvels of insect life [microform] : a popular account of structure and habit. Insects; Insectes. 34 Marvels of Insect Horned Membracid. ,H, A ItnlUh rn'M'[itativi'of this ri'iimrkablc laiiiilv - Inn' -h-'wi 'W tiijii'^ bntiT than life lii ^'in-ral bitilil iiiuih llki' .1 trux lui)iivr, it has thr aildilioii of a pair iif hnm>i nhovr thi' hcul .iiitl Irriiii hitwnii thfst' a pniri'** cMti-iiil- i>vir thi iMtk ;iii(l tin- lUwil wiiif^ almii^t to thi' rstirtmlv ol tlw hiclv I'Vt's. Thu spi'ck> arc all f,'(KKi li-apcrs, with short, stout \v^>. arnu'd witli a circle of short spines on tht- tips of the hind-feet. " They subsist, hke fro^'-lioppers, by suekiny the juices of plants through a dehcate beak. I'nfortunately. the h>rms of most ot tlu'so curious Insects are better known tlian their hle-histories and habits, but. jud^in;^' from what is known of a few of tlteni, there can be httle donbt that their forms an mimetic and protective. The larf^jest kno\\ n species,* a native of South America, lia> it* supplementary portion developed into a curved, leaf-like expansion standing >n edge over the back, and coloured smoky- brown with \ellow spots. This si)ecie> is a giant, as it measures more than half an inch in length. A near relation has this expansittn coloured green, and looks exactly like one of the coushie, or leaf-cutting ants, walking off with its piece of leaf carried over the back. The brown colour of the head and legs helps to carr\ out the deception, for this is the colour of the ant. Mr. Sclater, who shook thi- hisect from the leaves of a tree in British (iuiana. at first thought that it was on* of these ants, which were abundant all around him ; but a closer inspection -such as an ant could not makeâsatisfied him that it was something different. It im- probable that this resemblance to the coushie ant protects it from enemies that Iiavr considerable respect for that Insect. Owing to the absence of what t
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