A preliminary introduction to the study of entomology. Together with a chapter on remedies, or methods that can be used in fighting injurious insects; insect enemies of the apple tree and its fruit, (14758107256)

Hellgramite Fly: a: larva b: pupa c: male imago d: head of female

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Title: A preliminary introduction to the study of entomology. Together with a chapter on remedies, or methods that can be used in fighting injurious insects; insect enemies of the apple tree and its fruit, and the insect enemies of small grains

Year: 1894 (1890s)

Authors: Bruner, Lawrence Metcalf Collection (North Carolina State University). NCRS

Subjects: Apples Grain Insects Insect pests

Publisher: Lincoln, Nebraska, J. North & Co., printers

Contributing Library: NCSU Libraries

Digitizing Sponsor: NCSU Libraries

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Fig. MQ.-Sphenopbornaimago.-(Insect Life.) ocbreus: larva and Fig. 145.—c Calandra oryzse: a, larva;pupa; c.Calandra granaria—aW enlarged—(After Packard.) peculiar habit that most of them have of excreting an oil-like fluid fromthe knee joints, sometimes in large quantities. This oil frequently pro-duces a blister when it comes in contact with the bare skin. It is thisfeature in the beetles that has brought the Spanish-fly into medicinal A number of families of the Coleoptera have been grouped under thename of Rhyncophora and placed at the top of the order. These insects 78 A PRELIMINARY INTRODUCTION are to be distinguished from the other beetles by their bealc-like pro-longation of the mouth parts. Under the group several well definedfamilies are recognizable. Some of these are the Rhtnchitid^ with thered Rose-weevil as a type; the Otiobhtnohid^ with the Imbricated Snout

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Fio. 147.—Hellgraraite Ply: 3, larva; ft, pupa; c, male imago; rf, head of female.—(Redrawnfor Uiley.) beetle as a type; the Cubculionid^ with the Plum Curculio and Gougeras types; the Calandrid.e with the Grain and Rice weevils and the Bill-bugs as types; and the Scolytid^ with the Bark-beetles as types. Someof these insects are shown in the illustrations from 143 to 146. Othersare described and figured in my various reports made to the state socie-tias of Horticulture and Agriculture. TO THE STUDY OF ENTOMOLOGY. 79 ORDER XL NEVROFTERA.—(Nerve-winged Insects) This order as now limited by most systematic writers is composedof comparatively few species. These are distinguished from the other in-^ ects which are usually classed here by having the larvas active, the pupaquiescent, and the imago provided with two pairs of rather large many-veined wings. A good type of the order is shown herewith in Pig. 147.It is shown life size as larva, pupa, and imago. The mouth parts of thisinse

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