. Injurious insects : how to recognize and control them . Insect pests; Insect pests. HEMIPTEEA 27 ing position along tlie bade, like the two sides of a hip roof. The common " locust," or cicada, is a familiar example of this suborder. In the Homoptera the sucking beak arises from the hind part of the lower side of the head. The Heteroptera are well illustrated in the 'â squash ; In this suborder the front pah- of wings are horny in the half nearest the in- sect's body, and thinner in the outer half. The hind wings are mem- branous throughout. When at rest, the front wings a
. Injurious insects : how to recognize and control them . Insect pests; Insect pests. HEMIPTEEA 27 ing position along tlie bade, like the two sides of a hip roof. The common " locust," or cicada, is a familiar example of this suborder. In the Homoptera the sucking beak arises from the hind part of the lower side of the head. The Heteroptera are well illustrated in the 'â squash ; In this suborder the front pah- of wings are horny in the half nearest the in- sect's body, and thinner in the outer half. The hind wings are mem- branous throughout. When at rest, the front wings are laid along the. Fig. 25.âThe giant water bug, Lclhocenis amcricnniis Lcidy. Suborder Heteroptera. Original. back, with the thin, outer halves crossed, one on top of the other, while the hind wings arc concealed beneath the front pair. Often, when the insect is at rest, its wings look as if they were a part of its body, though there is always the tell-tale diagonal line where the thickened part of the wing gives way to the thinner part. In the Heteroptera the beak arises from the front part of the head, though in many species it is sharply bent so that it points backward beneath the head. The more important families of Homoptera are as follows: Cicadida?, the cicadas or, as commonly called, " ; Jassidte, the leaf hoppers. Destructive 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 O'Kane, Walter Collins, b. 1877. New York : The Macmillan Company
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