. A manual for the study of insects. Insects. ORTHGPTERA, 115 IV. The Shield-backed Grasshoppers.—These are also wingless, and dull-colored insects, which bear some resem- blance to crickets. They present, however, a queer appearance, due to the pronotum extend- ing backward over the rest of the thorax, like a sun-bonnet worn over ^'''- ^?>^^-Thyreonotus. the shoulders with the back side forward. This group is repre- sented in the Eastern half of the United States by Thyreo- noUis (Thyr-e-o-no'tus) (Fig. 131). In the regions west of the Mississippi River occur the " Western Crickets,'*
. A manual for the study of insects. Insects. ORTHGPTERA, 115 IV. The Shield-backed Grasshoppers.—These are also wingless, and dull-colored insects, which bear some resem- blance to crickets. They present, however, a queer appearance, due to the pronotum extend- ing backward over the rest of the thorax, like a sun-bonnet worn over ^'''- ^?>^^-Thyreonotus. the shoulders with the back side forward. This group is repre- sented in the Eastern half of the United States by Thyreo- noUis (Thyr-e-o-no'tus) (Fig. 131). In the regions west of the Mississippi River occur the " Western Crickets,'* belonging to the genus Anabriis (An^a-brus), and on the Pacific coast. 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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