. First[-ninth] annual report on the noxious, beneficial and other insects, of the state of Missouri, made to the State board of agriculture, pursuant to an appropriation for this purpose from the Legislature of the state . TiiRirs. OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST. 51. •menacingly the posterior part of the body wITen disturbed. Theyare found in several diilerent kinds of Phylloxera galls, and do morethan any other species to keep the leaf-inhabiting Grape Phylloxerawithin bounds. The next most efficient aid in the destruction of the leaf-lice isfound among the Lace-wing Hies, one species of which, m
. First[-ninth] annual report on the noxious, beneficial and other insects, of the state of Missouri, made to the State board of agriculture, pursuant to an appropriation for this purpose from the Legislature of the state . TiiRirs. OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST. 51. •menacingly the posterior part of the body wITen disturbed. Theyare found in several diilerent kinds of Phylloxera galls, and do morethan any other species to keep the leaf-inhabiting Grape Phylloxerawithin bounds. The next most efficient aid in the destruction of the leaf-lice isfound among the Lace-wing Hies, one species of which, more espe-cially, viz.: the Weeping L-^ice-wing (Chri/sopa hlorahunda Fitch), I find very frequently within thegalls devouring their Hies are known as wellby their brilliantly goldeneyes as by the peculiarly of-fensive odor, as of human or-lace-winc; fly:-<7, eggc;; h, laiva; r, cocoon; d, fly. dure, which some of them eggs are adroitly deposited (Fig. 10, a) at the tip of long, silk-likestalks, in order,.to prevent the first-born larvae irora exercising theircannibalistic propensities on their yet unborn brethren.* The larva(Fig. 10, h) is very rapacious, and, when ready to transform, winds itselfup into a wonderfully small co
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