. Injurious insects of the orchard, vineyard, field, garden, conservatory, household, storehouse, domestic animals, etc., with remedies for their extermination . INSECTS INFESTING THE PEACH TREE. 181 CHAPTER LXXI. The Green Fruit-beetle. (Cal.) [Gymnetis nitkhi.—Linnseus.) Synonym.—AUorliina nitida. Order, Coleoptera ; Family, Cetonid^e. [Feeding upon ripe peaches, i)cars, phims, figs, and melons ;a green beetle (Fig. lOOc) measuring about one inch and twolines in length, having the wing-cases bordered with yellow;or feeding upon the roots of strawlxn-ry plants, etc., a whitishsix-legged larva
. Injurious insects of the orchard, vineyard, field, garden, conservatory, household, storehouse, domestic animals, etc., with remedies for their extermination . INSECTS INFESTING THE PEACH TREE. 181 CHAPTER LXXI. The Green Fruit-beetle. (Cal.) [Gymnetis nitkhi.—Linnseus.) Synonym.—AUorliina nitida. Order, Coleoptera ; Family, Cetonid^e. [Feeding upon ripe peaches, i)cars, phims, figs, and melons ;a green beetle (Fig. lOOc) measuring about one inch and twolines in length, having the wing-cases bordered with yellow;or feeding upon the roots of strawlxn-ry plants, etc., a whitishsix-legged larva.] (Fig. 109a.) Fig. Fig. lOy.—Green Fruit-beetle, Larva and Pupa; r, the malebeetle—colors, green and yellow ; 6, the pupa—color, brown ;a, the larva, or grub—color, whitish; d^ its upper jaw, enlarged ;e, its antennse, enlarged; ,f, one of its legs, enlarged; r/, itsupper lip and palpus. This species is very scarce in this State, as but few speci-mens have been found. It is plentiful in Arizona Territory,and is very destructive to peaches and melons. INSECTS INFESTING THE APRICOT. The Red-bodied Saw Fly I^Dolerus tejonicus}.12The Apricot Leaf-roller (Diahcelia cali/omi- ana) 73 The Striped Bud-beetle (Disonycha Uinbi- collix) 74 The followina^ insects also infest the Apricot:The Greedy Scale (AxpidiotUH rapax).The Pear tree Scolytus (Ssolytin pi/ri). The Branch and Twig-burrower {Polycaon con- fertwi).The Peach Moth (Anarsia lineatclla).The Robust Leaf Beetle (Seriaa valida).The Buffalo Tree-hopper (Cere^a bi(,)alu,s).The Red Spider {TetrunyehxK telarius).The Plum Curculio {ConolrcKhelus nenupha
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