. The standard cyclopedia of modern agriculture and rural economy, by the most distinguished authorities and specialists under the editorship of Professor R. Patrick Wright ... surface of the body by absorption of thejuices amongst which they live. The asexualor cystic stage (see Cysticercus, Ccenurus,EcHiNOOOCCUs), which arises from the develop-ment of the fertilized egg of the adult, occursmost commonly in the flesh or connective tissueof herbivorous animals. It reaches this situa-tion through the egg having been swallowedamongst food. The young embryo developedtherefrom bores through the wa
. The standard cyclopedia of modern agriculture and rural economy, by the most distinguished authorities and specialists under the editorship of Professor R. Patrick Wright ... surface of the body by absorption of thejuices amongst which they live. The asexualor cystic stage (see Cysticercus, Ccenurus,EcHiNOOOCCUs), which arises from the develop-ment of the fertilized egg of the adult, occursmost commonly in the flesh or connective tissueof herbivorous animals. It reaches this situa-tion through the egg having been swallowedamongst food. The young embryo developedtherefrom bores through the wall of the ali-mentary canal and is carried in the blood-stream to the tissues, or else actively works itsway thereto. The subsequent development intothe tapeworm stage takes place only when theinfected tissue, swallowed as food, arrives in thealimentary canal of the next host. Tapewormsare abundantly represented by numerous fami-lies amongst all classes of vertebrates, the mostimportant of which are the Tseniadse and Bothrio-cephalidse infesting mammals and birds. SeeiMmix. [j. R.] Cetonia aurita (Green Rosechafer) is asplendid beetle, which lives upon various flowers,. Green Eosechafer {Cetonia aurita)1, The beetle; 2, the larva; 8, pupal case; 4, pupa. and sometimes is seen in multitudes flying aboutand settling upon the blossoms of turnips leftfor seed, the petals and anthers of which it con-sumes, and renders the pods abortive, it is alsodestructive to roses, beans, currants, apples, andthe strawberry. It is generally distributed overthe south midlands of England, but becomesrarer in the north. C. aurita is polished and green, with a metal-lic golden tinge. It appears in May and onthrough June. The eggs are laid in the earth,where the larva lives, and does great mischiefin nursery grounds by feeding upon the roots ofroses, vines, &c. The larva is fleshy like that of 164 Ceutorrhynchus assimilis — Chaff the Cockchafer, but may be told by having adeep reddish-brown spot on
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