Collier's New Encyclopedia

A complete general encyclopedia of 1921 — the world as it was understood just after the Great War, from Aachen to Zwingli, across twelve volumes and six thousand pages.

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Thrips

a genus of minute insects, extremely agile and seem to leap rather than fly. They live on flowers, plants, and under the bark of trees. T. cerealium is a common species, scarcely a line pecially wheat, to which it is most inin length or in extent of wing, residing lium is a common species, scarcely a line jurious. neck of an animal, in which are the

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