Homoptera (CICADARIA)

Sub-order of Rhynchota. These insects have large heads, plump bodies, and large wings, usually alike; sometimes the front pair pair are coriaceous and colored. They lie, when at rest, obliquely on the body. The rostrum arises from the head near the front legs. Some have the hind legs adapted for springing. An ovipositor is present. The eggs are laid beneath the bark of plants. The larva feeds on roots, and sometimes lives many years before its metamorphosis, as in the Seventeen-year Locust. The family is also called Stridulant i a, because the base of the abdomen in IMG:content-0634.png:[blocks in formation] lar study of dead birds, which he painted with singular truthfulne . m.