. Agricultural zoology. Zoology. INSECTS. 153 Wings elongated, whitish grey, with an A-shaped patch on the fore wings. Caterpillar: Rather more than f of an inch long; green, streaked with brown, 16-legged, with a brown head, and tapering at both ends. Habits: The caterpillar lives during June in the rye haulms, hollowing them out. As a result of this, the ears remain hidden between the leaves and leaf-sheaths, and it often happens that only the tips of the awns appear externally. No grain is formed; the ears first become white and dry, and then fall off. The Hop Snout Moth (Hypena rostralis).
. Agricultural zoology. Zoology. INSECTS. 153 Wings elongated, whitish grey, with an A-shaped patch on the fore wings. Caterpillar: Rather more than f of an inch long; green, streaked with brown, 16-legged, with a brown head, and tapering at both ends. Habits: The caterpillar lives during June in the rye haulms, hollowing them out. As a result of this, the ears remain hidden between the leaves and leaf-sheaths, and it often happens that only the tips of the awns appear externally. No grain is formed; the ears first become white and dry, and then fall off. The Hop Snout Moth (Hypena rostralis). Moth (Fig. 103): Length rather less than | of an inch; span of wings 1^ inches, or more. Fore wings usually brownish, somewhat scalloped on the fringed outer margins; a zigzag black line near the base; in the middle, near the front edge, a patch bordered with white, and behind this a dark longitudinal streak. Hind wings dull grey, with a silky sheen. Caterpillar: At most one inch long, 14-legged, very slender, green, with a dark fig. Hop snout middle line and two white side ^oth csypenarostraus). lines. Very active; wriggles about on the ground like an eel. Habits: The moth is on the wing at the beginning of August, the second generation in August; the latter hybernates in outhouses, barns, summer- houses, etc. The eggs are laid on wild and cultivated hops, also on stinging nettles. The caterpillars are found on the hop plants, especially in June; they sometimes entirely devour the leaves, with the excep- tion of the nerves. In July they become pupse, either between the leaves or on the soil, and are invested in a grey cocoon. The moths appear at the beginning of August, and give rise to a second generation of caterpillars, from which, after the pupa stage, the moths which live through the winter are Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of thes
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