alestaket (alstak)

A stake having a garland or bush of twigs at the top of it, set up as a sign before an ale-house. rodes +-ida.] family of hemipterous insects, of the suborder Phytophthiria, or plant-lice, related to the aphids and scale-insects. These insects are very small and exceedingly prolific; they have large oval elytra and wings, held nearly horizontal when in repose; the head is small, with divided eyes; the antennæ are short, 6-jointed, with the rostrum 2-jointed; and the legs are short, simple, with 2-jointed tarsi provided with 2 claws. There are about 25 nominal species of the single genus Aleurodes. A. prole tell a resembles a small white moth with a dark spot on each wing-cover, and is found on celandine, cabbage, oak, etc. The larva is small, flat, and oval like a minute scale, as in Psyllide; the pupa is fixed and inclosed in an envelop.