. Bulletin. Insects; Insect pests; Entomology; Insects; Insect pests; Entomology. 14 THE PERIODICAL into the wound which it makes, and I have been unable to trace a single case where eggs were found in the tiesh. All such accounts have proved to be fabrications, and the straightforward report which Mr. Y. T. Chambers, of Covington, Ky., gave in the August (1868) number of the American Sositing, and as carefully placed her on his little finger, holding it as near as possible in the same direction and position as the branch grew from which she was taken. She instinctively endeavored to
. Bulletin. Insects; Insect pests; Entomology; Insects; Insect pests; Entomology. 14 THE PERIODICAL into the wound which it makes, and I have been unable to trace a single case where eggs were found in the tiesh. All such accounts have proved to be fabrications, and the straightforward report which Mr. Y. T. Chambers, of Covington, Ky., gave in the August (1868) number of the American Sositing, and as carefully placed her on his little finger, holding it as near as possible in the same direction and position as the branch grew from which she was taken. She instinctively endeavored to continue ovipositing, and, holding tirmly to his finger, tried again and again to insert the ovipositor, but without the least success, for it could not make the least impression on the soft and yielding flesh, but continually slipped from one side to the other- Second, it is recorded that Mr. Peter A. Brown, of Philadelphia, Pa., himself inflicted a puncture with the ovipositor, several times, u])on his hand, without exi)eriencing any more pain than that produced by the prick of a pin or any other pointed instrument, and that no swelling ensued. Third, Dr. Hartman, of Pennsylvania, introduced some of the moisture from the ovipositor into an open wound and it caused no in- flammation whatever. By the beak, or haustellum.—The beak (Fig. 8, a) is an organ which both sexes of the Cicada possess, and by which they take their nourishment. I have seen them insert it iiito and extricate it from the branches of different trees, and know that the operation is quite rapid, and that the instrument must be quite sharp and strong. All the more authentic cases of stinging indicate this t<» be the instrument,* and it is quite likely that, just as the sting of a bee will affect some persons nigh unto death, and have no effect whatever on others, so the puncture Fig. 8. — Seven- teen-j'eai' Cica- da, side view of $ to show beak, a, and oviposi- tor, b. (After Riley.) *Mr. D. B. Wier, of
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