. The book of the garden. Gardening. INSECTS INJURIOUS IN THE FLOWER-GARDEN. 827 seven of the segments have a large dark spot on each; the legs, of which there ai'e seven pairs, are five-jointed, terminated by a claw, and finely ciliated on the inner sides. When young, this species is sometimes red, or of a lead colour ; when fully grown, of a yellowish white, the upper side rough and warty, variegated with brown or lead colour. Oniscus armadillo Linn., Armadillo vulgaris Latreille, is at once distinguished from the last by its rolling itself up into a ball when dis- turbed. The legs are short
. The book of the garden. Gardening. INSECTS INJURIOUS IN THE FLOWER-GARDEN. 827 seven of the segments have a large dark spot on each; the legs, of which there ai'e seven pairs, are five-jointed, terminated by a claw, and finely ciliated on the inner sides. When young, this species is sometimes red, or of a lead colour ; when fully grown, of a yellowish white, the upper side rough and warty, variegated with brown or lead colour. Oniscus armadillo Linn., Armadillo vulgaris Latreille, is at once distinguished from the last by its rolling itself up into a ball when dis- turbed. The legs are short, somewhat hairy towards the apex, and seven-jointed, the fifth joint twice as long as the fourth. The body is elliptical, very convex, and comprised of four- teen segments ; the head is broad, the tail is not prominent, and the lateral appendages are short and broad. The body on the upper side is of a deep lead colour, and punctured; the sides of the segments are not dilated, but droop below the abdomen ; it has seven pair of legs, which are six-jointed. The eggs of the Oniscus family are first deposited in an elliptical bag beneath the abdomen of the female, and when they are hatched, the mouth of the pouch or bag opens, and the young brood sally forth, and as soon as this takes place the mother closes it again. The end of summer is the season when breeding takes place. They shun the light, and during the day hide themselves under boards, pots, or in crevices of walls, or, indeed, in any dry dark place. A toad or two will soon clear a pit or frame of them; and slates or small flower-pots inverted, and set about, will be found excellent traps for them, as they will take shelter under them, and may be afterwards easily caught and destroyed. The holly-leaf fly (PTiytomyza iKcis'Curtis), fig. 273, often attacks the leaves of the holly during the month of May, giving them a blotched ap- peai-anoe, as if the surface were scalded in nume- rous places. On lifting up the dried cuticle
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