. Australian insects. Insects. Pig. 2i.—Chortoicetes ptisilla (Walker). The small Plague-locust of the interior of Australia. ("Agricultural Oazette,' ) ii The Large Coast Locust, Acridiinu maciiUcoUis, is some- times found in gardens; it measures 3 inches to the tip of the wings, and is groTish brown with darkly mottled elytra. Locusta anstralis is like the Yellow-winged Locust, with more regularly mottled elytra, and clear transparent wings. The fig. 25.—Choitoicetes terminifera (Walker). The larger Plague- locust. ("Agricultural Ciazette," ). small plain Locust, C
. Australian insects. Insects. Pig. 2i.—Chortoicetes ptisilla (Walker). The small Plague-locust of the interior of Australia. ("Agricultural Oazette,' ) ii The Large Coast Locust, Acridiinu maciiUcoUis, is some- times found in gardens; it measures 3 inches to the tip of the wings, and is groTish brown with darkly mottled elytra. Locusta anstralis is like the Yellow-winged Locust, with more regularly mottled elytra, and clear transparent wings. The fig. 25.—Choitoicetes terminifera (Walker). The larger Plague- locust. ("Agricultural Ciazette," ). small plain Locust, CJiortoicetes pusilla, is under 1 inch in length; the male is of a general bright yellow colour, and the female, somewhat larger, of a general greyish brown tint. It is the species that for the last few years has done so much damage to our grass and crops in the Western country. G. terminifera is one-third larger, and is of a general light brown mottled colour, with the wings semitransparent, tipped with dull brown; it at times is one of our plague locusts. The Kose-winged Locust, Hyalopteryx australis, is one of our small but Yery noisy locusts, about 8 lines in length; when at rest it is light brown mottled with darker tints, the expanded. 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 Froggatt, W. W. (Walter Wilson), 1858-; Metcalf Collection (North Carolina State University). NCRS; Tippmann Collection (North Carolina State University). NCRS. Sydney, W. Brooks
Size: 2094px × 1194px
Photo credit: © Library Book Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthorti, bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, booksubjectinsects
