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within the hollows are the lice, which secrete an abundant 

 sweet that often attracts the bees to a feast of fat things, as 

 the gall is torn apart, or cracks open, so that the sweet exudes. 

 This sweet is anything but disagreeable, and may not be un- 



FiG. 197. 



Female. Male. 



Sycamore Plant-Louse, much enlarged. — OrigiJtal. 



Fig. 198. 



Female. Male. 



Apple- Tree Aphis, much magnified. — Original. 



wholesome to the bees. The larch-louse, Lachnus laricis, 

 secretes a liquid that is greedily taken by the bees. The honey 

 is very excellent. 



Another of the aphides, of a black hue, works on the 



