Elementary studies in insect life Elementary studies in insect life elementarystudie00hunt Year: 1902 276 ELEMENTARY STUDIES IN INSECT LIFE pillars with light color and delicate skin, when they are held between the observer and the snn. REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM. Should a female be examined a few clays previous to the time of oviposition, the ovary will be found much distended and containing about one hundred eggs. These eggs are carried out through the egg-duct and FIG. 211. Reproductive system of female grasshopper. Large egg-sac lying above stomach; ovi- (kict leading out above egg-guide (the


Elementary studies in insect life Elementary studies in insect life elementarystudie00hunt Year: 1902 276 ELEMENTARY STUDIES IN INSECT LIFE pillars with light color and delicate skin, when they are held between the observer and the snn. REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM. Should a female be examined a few clays previous to the time of oviposition, the ovary will be found much distended and containing about one hundred eggs. These eggs are carried out through the egg-duct and FIG. 211. Reproductive system of female grasshopper. Large egg-sac lying above stomach; ovi- (kict leading out above egg-guide (the external opening of oviduct is above point where duct is cut by this sectional figure); r, rectum; a-a, digestive tract. Enlarged three times. placed in position in the ground in the manner previ- ously shown. If eggs are present in the specimen now studied, make a drawing of the lateral view of the whole ovary and of one of the eggs. THE BEETLE. That some conception may be obtained of the dif- ferences and resemblances existing between the relative parts in different insects, the anatomy of the rummag- ing ground-beetle1 is outlined. This is not an uncommon insect, and can be found in the woods around decaying logs, or under rocks. It }Calosoma scrutator. Any of the larger beetles belonging to the Carabidae, the ground-beetle family, will do.


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