tree-hopper

"And does the tree-hopper breathe the way the locust does -- through those pores on the side?"

Little Busybodies The Life of Crickets, Ants, Bees, Beetles, and Other Busybodies Julia Moody 1919

This little thorn-like tree-hopper and all of its queer harlequin tribe are near relatives to the buzzing cicada, or harvest-fly, whose whizzing din in the dog-days has won it the popular misnomer of "locust."

My Studio Neighbors William Hamilton Gibson 1873

This insect is the tree-hopper, and is but one of many equally curious and mimetic species to be found among the smaller branches of various trees and shrubs.

My Studio Neighbors William Hamilton Gibson 1873

Now the habits of my little tree-hopper are somewhat modelled after its big cousin.

My Studio Neighbors William Hamilton Gibson 1873

What, then, is this canopy of the tree-hopper but the provision of a thoughtful mother,

My Studio Neighbors William Hamilton Gibson 1873

_Membracis binotata_, insect with a sharp beak, a tree-hopper, 91.

My Studio Neighbors William Hamilton Gibson 1873