alloquyt (alokwi)

[L. alloquium, adlo quium, others; an addre . All or hin a (al-ō-rī'nä), n. [NL., All or hin a nitid a . a, larva; &, pupa; c, male beetle; d, e, f, g, mandible, antenna, leg, and maxillary palpus of larva. and elytra usually brownish-yellow. It feeds upon the sap of wounded trees, but in dry summers it not rarely attacks cotton-bolls and ripe fruit of all sorts, thus doing considerable damage. Its larva feeds upon gra -roots, and is characterized by the numerous short and stiff hairs with which it is covered, and by means of which it is able, when placed upon its back, to move forward or backward with considerable velocity.