. Insects, their ways and means of living. Insects. INSECTS THE CONEHEADS This group o{ the katydid family contains slender, grasshopperlike insects that have the forehead produced into a large cone and the face strongly receding, but which also pos- sess long, slen- der antennae that distinguish them from the true or short- horn grasshop- pers. They con- stitute the sub- family Copi- phorinae. One of the commonest and most widely distributed of the larger cone- heads is the species known as Neoconocephalus ensiger, or the "sword- bearing ; It is the female, however, that ca
. Insects, their ways and means of living. Insects. INSECTS THE CONEHEADS This group o{ the katydid family contains slender, grasshopperlike insects that have the forehead produced into a large cone and the face strongly receding, but which also pos- sess long, slen- der antennae that distinguish them from the true or short- horn grasshop- pers. They con- stitute the sub- family Copi- phorinae. One of the commonest and most widely distributed of the larger cone- heads is the species known as Neoconocephalus ensiger, or the "sword- bearing ; It is the female, however, that carries the sword; and it is not a sword either, but merely the immensely long egg-laying instrument properly called the ovipositor. The female conehead shown at B of Figure 27, has a similar organ, though she belongs to a species called retusus. The two species are very similar in all respects except for slight differences in the shape of the cone on the head. They look like slim, sharp-headed grasshoppers, 1 XA to \)4, inches in length, usually bright green in color, though sometimes brown. l5°]. Fig. 27. A conehead grasshopper, or katydid, Neocono- cephalus retusus Upper figure, a male; lower, a female, with extremely long ovipositor. 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 Snodgrass, R. E. (Robert E. ), 1875-1962. New York Smithsonian Institution series
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