. Insects injurious to fruits. Illustrated with four hundred and forty wood-cuts. Insect pests. ATTACKING THE LEAVES. 275 lustre, becoming brown on the outer angle of the front edge of the wing, and paler towards the hinder and inner angle. The under surface of the wings is much paler than the upper. The body is dark brown, its hinder portion banded with lines of a paler hue. While partial to the grape, the larva feeds also on thorn, plum, raspberry, red-bud, Gercis Canadensis^ poplar, and probably other trees, shrubs, etc. The insect ib- distributed over a wide area. Where they are numerous e
. Insects injurious to fruits. Illustrated with four hundred and forty wood-cuts. Insect pests. ATTACKING THE LEAVES. 275 lustre, becoming brown on the outer angle of the front edge of the wing, and paler towards the hinder and inner angle. The under surface of the wings is much paler than the upper. The body is dark brown, its hinder portion banded with lines of a paler hue. While partial to the grape, the larva feeds also on thorn, plum, raspberry, red-bud, Gercis Canadensis^ poplar, and probably other trees, shrubs, etc. The insect ib- distributed over a wide area. Where they are numerous enough to prove troublesome, they may be col- lected and destroyed by jarring the trees or vines on which they are feeding, when they will drop to the ground. No. 148.—The Silky Pyrophila, PyropMla tragopoginis (Linn.). The caterpillar of this moth is of a yellowish-green color, with a few very fine brownish hairs scattered over the upper surface of its body. It is found feeding on the grape-vine, and sometimes in sufficient numbers to become a source of annoyance; it attains full growth about the middle of June, when it measures an inch and a quarter or more in length. The head is small, green, the jaws tipped with brown; the upper surface of the body is yellowish green, a little paler be- tween the joints; there is a white stripe down the back, and two of the same color along each side, the lowest one being most distinct. On each segment there are several small whitish dots, from each of which arises a single fine hair. The under side is deeper in color than the upper. When mature, it changes to a brown chrysalis, a little under the surface of the ground, from which the perfect insect escapes in July. The moth measures, when its wings are spread, about an. 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 S
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