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A small hemipterous insect (Phylloxera vastatrix) allied to the aphids. It attacks the roots and leaves of the grapevine, doing great damage, especially in Europe.

The ovipositor, or sting, of an insect.

An insect that flies into a flame.

table for transplanting. [Local, U.S.] Plant bug (Zoöl.), any one of numerous hemipterous insects which injure the foliage of plants, as Lygus lineolaris, which damages wheat and trees. -- Plant cutter (Zoöl.), a South American passerine bird of the genus Phytotoma, family Phytotomidæ. It has a serrated bill with whic…

One of the lateral pieces of a somite of an insect.

Anal; -- applied to certain organs of insects.

Any small leaping thysanurous insect of the genus Podura and related genera; a springtail. Podura scale (Zoöl.), one of the minute scales with which the body of a podura is covered. They are used as test objects for the microscope.

The balancer of dipterous insects.

Having a curved projection or spine on the inner side of a leg joint; -- said of insects.

Having numerous facets; -- said of the compound eyes of insects and crustaceans.

One of the internal thoracic processes of the sternum of an insect.

The hindermost dorsal piece of a thoracic somite of an insect; the plate behind the scutellum.

(Eumenes fraternal) which constructs a globular nest of mud and sand in which it deposits insect larvæ, such as cankerworms, as food for its young.

a. & n. from Pray, v. Praying insect, locust, or mantis (Zoöl.), a mantis, especially Mantis religiosa. See Mantis. -- Praying machine, or Praying wheel, a wheel on which prayers are pasted by Buddhist priests, who then put the wheel in rapid revolution. Each turn in supposed to have the efficacy of an oral repetition…

Placed just in front of the eyes, as the antennæ of certain insects. -- n.

irst of the four pieces composing the dorsal part, or tergum, of a thoracic segment of an insect. It is usually small and inconspicuous.

An East Indian insectivore (Tupaia ferruginea). It is arboreal in its habits, and has a bushy tail. The fur is soft, and varies from rusty red to maroon and to brownish black.

egs found on the abdominal segments of the larvæ of Lepidoptera, sawflies, and some other insects. Those of Lepidoptera have a circle of hooks. Called also proped, propleg, and falseleg.

The proboscis of hemipterous insects. See Illust. under Hemiptera.

The dorsal plate of the prothorax in insects. See Illust. of Coleoptera.