. Bulletin. Fig. 3. a similar oue along each side. On the first six segments followingthe head there is a bluish tubercle armed with several black spineson each side of the dorsal line, and on the remaining segments, thesetubercles are dark crimson red. On the middle of the 10th and 11thsegments there is a smaller red tubercle notched at the top. Thewhole surface of the body is somewhat hairy, but along each side thehairs are long and form quite dense Fig. 4. The pupa, fig. 4, is from three-fourths of an inch to an inch inlength, and varies in color from chocolate to reddish brown.
. Bulletin. Fig. 3. a similar oue along each side. On the first six segments followingthe head there is a bluish tubercle armed with several black spineson each side of the dorsal line, and on the remaining segments, thesetubercles are dark crimson red. On the middle of the 10th and 11thsegments there is a smaller red tubercle notched at the top. Thewhole surface of the body is somewhat hairy, but along each side thehairs are long and form quite dense Fig. 4. The pupa, fig. 4, is from three-fourths of an inch to an inch inlength, and varies in color from chocolate to reddish brown. Oneach side, at the base of the wing-covers is a dark reddish brown,oval, velvety spot. The wing-cases are quite broad and reach to theposterior third of the fifth segment. The antennae cases are stronglycurved, and are quite wide in the middle. There are a few yellowishbrown hairs on the face and head, also on the first five segments,arranged in broken circles or clusters, which are in longitudinal andtransverse rows. The cremaster or spine at the posterior end isflattened, rounded at the outer end, grooved longitudinally, and hastwelve or more minute hooks at the end. The moths emerge from the pupae from the first to the middle ofJuly. HATCH EXPERIMENT STATION MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. BULLETIN No. 8. APRIL, 1890, The Bulletins of this Station will he sent free to all newspapers inthe State and to such individuals interested in farming as may
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