. Annual report. Entomological Society of Ontario; Insect pests; Insects -- Ontario Periodicals. black lines, enclosing superiorly a bright crimson space, and inferiorly a pale yellow line— the whole row of spots connected by a pale yellow stripe, edged above with black. In some specimens these eyelike spots are disconnected, and the space between the black crescentsis of a uniform cream colour. The breathing holes are either surrounded with black or with black edged with yellow. The other form is black, and characterized chiefly by a yellow line along the back, and a series of pale yellow spo
. Annual report. Entomological Society of Ontario; Insect pests; Insects -- Ontario Periodicals. black lines, enclosing superiorly a bright crimson space, and inferiorly a pale yellow line— the whole row of spots connected by a pale yellow stripe, edged above with black. In some specimens these eyelike spots are disconnected, and the space between the black crescentsis of a uniform cream colour. The breathing holes are either surrounded with black or with black edged with yellow. The other form is black, and characterized chiefly by a yellow line along the back, and a series of pale yellow spots and darker yellow dots, as represented. in the illustration Fig. 29, even this dark form is subject to great variation, some specimens entirely lacking the line along the back, and having tlie spots of different ; " This insect has a wide range, as it occurs in the West Indies, Mexico and Canada, aa well as throughout the United States. Feeding as it does, principally on planis of but little value, and being very commonly attacked by the larvae of a Tachina fly, this insect has never become sufiiciently common to be classed as ;. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Entomological Society of Ontario; Ontario. Dept. of Agriculture. Toronto, The Society
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