. Annual report of the Fruit Growers' Association of Ontario, 1902 . Fig. 11. Cicada septendeciiii. a, larva ; b form ; d, eggs deposited in a twi pupa case ; c, perfect 1902 ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 27 III. The energy of many species of insects is surprising-they are full of life. In simecases, as in that of the mosquito, they are-as the little girl said of a troublesome puppy- toomuch alive. On the 22nd of June of this year, I was staying at the beautiful country house of theHon .urable Richard Turner, on the Island of Orleans. I looked from my bedroom windowearly in the morning-it was a brigh
. Annual report of the Fruit Growers' Association of Ontario, 1902 . Fig. 11. Cicada septendeciiii. a, larva ; b form ; d, eggs deposited in a twi pupa case ; c, perfect 1902 ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 27 III. The energy of many species of insects is surprising-they are full of life. In simecases, as in that of the mosquito, they are-as the little girl said of a troublesome puppy- toomuch alive. On the 22nd of June of this year, I was staying at the beautiful country house of theHon .urable Richard Turner, on the Island of Orleans. I looked from my bedroom windowearly in the morning-it was a bright, sunny morning-aud lo, the air was full of light gauzyforms sporting around the trees on the lawn and over the tops of them. There were myriads ofthe creatures ; and all day long they kept up their mazy dance, seldom alighting to rest Theybelonged to the species Ephemera simula^is. Walker The wings of this cpecies are spottedwith brown, and are strengthened with an exquisite net-work of - nerves. The long wavingtails of the insects add grace to their movements.
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