. Insects injurious to fruits. Illustrated with four hundred and forty wood-cuts. Insect pests. 366 INSECTS INJURIOUS TO THE MELON. cocoons in a fold of the leaf of the melon, as shown in the figure, or on any other plant growing near by, and change to slender, brown chrysalids, about three-quarters of an inch long, from which, in a short time, the perfect insect is pro- duced. The moth, which is also represented in Fig. 377, is very beautiful. The wings are of a pearly-white color, with a Fig. peculiar iridescence, bordered witli black, and they measure, when expanded, about an inch acr
. Insects injurious to fruits. Illustrated with four hundred and forty wood-cuts. Insect pests. 366 INSECTS INJURIOUS TO THE MELON. cocoons in a fold of the leaf of the melon, as shown in the figure, or on any other plant growing near by, and change to slender, brown chrysalids, about three-quarters of an inch long, from which, in a short time, the perfect insect is pro- duced. The moth, which is also represented in Fig. 377, is very beautiful. The wings are of a pearly-white color, with a Fig. peculiar iridescence, bordered witli black, and they measure, when expanded, about an inch across. The body and legs are of the same glistening white, and the abdomen terminates in a movable brush-like tuft of a pretty buff color, tipped with white and black. The number of broods of this insect during the year has not been definitely ascertained ; the winter is passed in the chrysalis 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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