. Alfalfa, grasshoppers, bees: their relationship. Alfalfa. [from old catalog]; Locusts. [from old catalog]; Bees. [from old catalog]. 44 GRASSHOPPERS IN GENERAL. sides, at points indicated in fig. 21. The exact use of these will be more fully dis- cussed later. Beginning with the ninth segment, the abdomen is modified, and in the structures which follow are to be found the charac- teristics which distinguish the sexes. In the female the four long, horny-tipped ovi- positors are prominent. How such small instruments can execute so much work, is a matter not easily explained. Their uses were di
. Alfalfa, grasshoppers, bees: their relationship. Alfalfa. [from old catalog]; Locusts. [from old catalog]; Bees. [from old catalog]. 44 GRASSHOPPERS IN GENERAL. sides, at points indicated in fig. 21. The exact use of these will be more fully dis- cussed later. Beginning with the ninth segment, the abdomen is modified, and in the structures which follow are to be found the charac- teristics which distinguish the sexes. In the female the four long, horny-tipped ovi- positors are prominent. How such small instruments can execute so much work, is a matter not easily explained. Their uses were discussed under "; A better idea of these parts and relative forms than can be given in words will be found in fig. 21. The terminal part of the abdomen of the male ( figs. 22, 23 ) shows, instead of extended ovipositors, a blunt, hood-shaped sclerite, turning up over that end of the body like the prow of a barge. The. Fig. 20. (Original.) Ventral view of thorax. Pro. St., pro- sternum ; Meso. St., mesoster- num; Mela. St., metasternum. Enlarged about three 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 Hunter, Samuel John, 1866- [from old catalog]; Duff, A. H. [from old catalog]. Topeka, Kan. , Press of the state printer
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