The gardener's magazine and register of rural & domestic improvement (1826)
Loudon, J. C. (John Claudius), 1783-1843, A. & R. Spottiswoode, printer, United States. Patent Office. Scientific Library, former owner DSI · London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green · leaf 505
of a dark greenish-black colour, with the belly dirty clay-coloured. Whilst feeding, the front of the body is inflated{Jig. 123. b, the ventral aspect of the larva whilst inflated), andthe hinder segments narrowed; so that the insect somewhat re-sembles a minute tadpole, or, rather, the excrement…
