. Insects injurious to fruits. Illustrated with four hundred and forty wood-cuts. Insect pests. ATTACKING THE LEAVES. 247 about two and a half inches across, their form being long and narrow, as shown in Fig. 255. The fore wings are of a dark olive-green color, crossed by bands and streaks of greenish gray, and shaded on the outer margin with the same hue. The hind wings are dull red, with a patch of greenish gray next the body, shading gradually into the surrounding color. On the under side the red appears on the fore wings, the hinder pair being greenish gray. The antennse are dull white abo
. Insects injurious to fruits. Illustrated with four hundred and forty wood-cuts. Insect pests. ATTACKING THE LEAVES. 247 about two and a half inches across, their form being long and narrow, as shown in Fig. 255. The fore wings are of a dark olive-green color, crossed by bands and streaks of greenish gray, and shaded on the outer margin with the same hue. The hind wings are dull red, with a patch of greenish gray next the body, shading gradually into the surrounding color. On the under side the red appears on the fore wings, the hinder pair being greenish gray. The antennse are dull white above, rosy below, head and shoulder-covers deep olive-green, the Fig. rest of the body of a paler shade of green; underneath the body is dull gray. This moth rpsts quietly during the day, taking wing at dusk, when it is extremely active; its flight is very swift and strong, and as it darts suddenly from flower to flower, rapidly vibrating its wings, remaining poised in the air over the objects of its search, while the long, slender tongue is in- serted and i\m sweets extracted, it reminds one strongly of a humming-bird. The caterpillars are very destructive to the foliage of the vine, being capable of consuming an enormous quantity of food; one or two of them, when nearly full grown, will almost strip a small vine of its foliage in the course of two or three days. In some districts they are said to nip off* the stalks of the half-grown clusters of grapes, so that they fall unripe to the 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 Saunders, William, 1836-1914. Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott & Co
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