. Insects injurious to fruits. Illustrated with four hundred and forty wood-cuts. Insect pests. 274 INSECTS INJURIOUS TO THE GRAPE, should be resorted to, and if this is done while the larvae are young and feeding in company, their destruction is easily accomplished. No. 147.—The Pyramidal Grape-vine Caterpillar Pyrophilapyramidoides (Guen.). This caterpillar (Fig. 283) is frequently destructive to grape-vines, particularly to those grown under glass, and may be found on the leaves full grown about the middle of Junt\ It is nearly an inch Fig. 283. ^ u i/i xi. and a halt lono:, the body taperi
. Insects injurious to fruits. Illustrated with four hundred and forty wood-cuts. Insect pests. 274 INSECTS INJURIOUS TO THE GRAPE, should be resorted to, and if this is done while the larvae are young and feeding in company, their destruction is easily accomplished. No. 147.—The Pyramidal Grape-vine Caterpillar Pyrophilapyramidoides (Guen.). This caterpillar (Fig. 283) is frequently destructive to grape-vines, particularly to those grown under glass, and may be found on the leaves full grown about the middle of Junt\ It is nearly an inch Fig. 283. ^ u i/i xi. and a halt lono:, the body tapering to- wards the front, and tliickened behind. The head is rather small, of a whitish- green color, with the mandibles tipped with black; the body whitish green, a little darker on the sides, with a white stri})e down the back, a little broken between jthe segments or rings^ and widening behind. There is a bright-yellow stripe on each side close to the under surface, which is most distinct on the hinder segments, and a second one of the same color, but fainter, half-way between this and the dorsal line; this latter is more distinct on the posterior portion of the body, and follows the peculiar prominence on the twelfth segment, as shown in the figure. The under side of the body is pale green. When full grown, the caterpillar descends to the ground, and, drawing together some loose fallen leaves or other rubbish, spins a slight cocoon, within which it changes to a dark-brown chrysalis, from which the perfect insect escapes in the latter part of July. The moth (Fig. 284) measures, when its wings are expanded, about one and three-quarter inches. The fore wings are dark brown shaded with paler brown and with dots and wavy lines of dull white; the hind wings are reddish, with a coppery. 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 resem
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