THE HARyEST FLIES OR CICADAS 



(Family Cicadidce) 



This is a group of insects commonly known by the popular 

 name of " harvest flies " or cicadas, and frequently in this country 

 by the erroneous term " locust." We 

 have already seen that the term 

 "locusts" should properly be applied 

 to the long-horned grasshoppers of 

 the true family Locustidae, although it 

 is also, especially by British subjects, 

 applied to the short-horned grass- 



Fig. 1 22. — Periodical Cicada : o, male, of the 



large form ; b, male, of the small form. 



(After Riley.) 



hoppers and especially the destructive 

 species. The family Cicadidae is a 

 group of large insects containing very 

 many tropical species. Their bodies 

 are large, with a wide, blunt head, 

 and with prominent eyes on the outer 



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Fig. 123. — Twigs punctured by 



Cicadas, illustrating manner of 



breaking. (After Riley. J 



