 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1797 - 446 pages
...it has no wings, it refembles the. drone borh in fize and colour more than any other Britim infeft. In the month of May it buries itfelf in the earth,...and begins to vegetate. By the latter end of July, th« tree. FLY full growth, and is arrived at its full growth, and refembles a coral fly. branch ;... | |
 | History - 1802 - 502 pages
...that it has no wings) refembles the drone both in fize and colour more than' any other Englilh infedt. In the month of May it buries itfelf in the earth,...and bears feveral little pods, which dropping off be* unique ; and in its nympha ftate, in which the old authors call it tettigometra, it buries itfelf... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1813 - 714 pages
...both in size and colour -more than any o«her British insect. In the month of May it buries itself in the earth, and begins to vegetate. By the latter end of July, the tree is arrived at its fuH growth, and resembles a cofal branci» ; and is about three inches high, tnd bears several little... | |
 | Frederick William N. Bayley - Slavery - 1830 - 754 pages
...drone both in size and color more than any other English insect. In the month of May it buries itself in the earth, and begins to vegetate. By the latter...of July the tree is arrived at its full growth, and resembles a coral branch. It is about three inches high, and bears several little pods, which dropping... | |
 | Mordecai Cubitt Cooke - Fungi - 1875 - 342 pages
...drone, both in size and colour, more than any other English insect. In the month of May it buries itself in the earth and begins to vegetate. By the latter...July, the tree is arrived at its full growth, and resembles a coral branch, and is about three inches high, and bears several little pods, which, dropping... | |
 | Mordecai Cubitt Cooke - Fungi - 1894 - 324 pages
...botli in size and colour, more than any other English insect. In the month of May it buries itself in the earth and begins to vegetate. By the latter end of July, the tree is arrived at its fall growth, and resembles a coral branch, and is about three inches high, and bears several little... | |
 | John Ramsbottom, British Museum (Natural History). Department of Botany - Fungi - 1923 - 236 pages
...describing a West Indian species of "vegetable fly" in 1763, writes: "In the mouth of May it buries itself in the earth and begins to vegetate. By the latter end of July the tree arrives at its full growth and resembles a coral branch, and is about three inches high and bears several... | |
 | G. C. Ainsworth - Science - 1976 - 394 pages
...drone both in size and colour more than any other English insect. In the month of May it buries itself in the earth, and begins to vegetate. By the latter end of July the tree is arrived at it's [sic] full growth, and resembles a coral branch; and is about three inches high, and bears little... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1765 - 514 pages
...it has no wings) refembles the drone, both in fize and colour, more than any other Engliih infect. In the month of May it buries itfelf in the earth,...three inches high, and bears feveral little pods, whicjv dropping off become worms, and from therict flies, like the Engliih caterpillar/ An account... | |
 | Royal Society of New Zealand - Science - 1921 - 720 pages
...sobolifera Tul., which be called the " vegetable fly," states, " In the month of May it buries itself in the earth and begins to vegetate. By the latter end of July the tree arrives at its full growth and resembles a corftl branch, and is about three inches high, and bears... | |
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In the month of May it buries itself in the earth and begins to vegetate. By the latter end of July, the tree is arrived at its full growth, and resembles a coral branch, and is about three inches high, and bears several little pods, which, dropping off,... 