Insects injurious to fruits . er species, and the body is equally variable in this the head is mottled and spotted, and has two paletransverse lines in front; the body is longitudinally stripedwith many narrow pale lines; along the sides it becomesdeeper in color, and down the middle of the back are someblackish spots. Their habits are similar to those of the otherspecies, and they attain full growth about the same time. The chrysalids, which are found about the same depthunder ground, are similar in color to those of pometaria, butthe cocoon is much more fragile, and is easily torn t
Insects injurious to fruits . er species, and the body is equally variable in this the head is mottled and spotted, and has two paletransverse lines in front; the body is longitudinally stripedwith many narrow pale lines; along the sides it becomesdeeper in color, and down the middle of the back are someblackish spots. Their habits are similar to those of the otherspecies, and they attain full growth about the same time. The chrysalids, which are found about the same depthunder ground, are similar in color to those of pometaria, butthe cocoon is much more fragile, and is easily torn to the moth escapes from the chrysalis in the autumn,but more frequently during the first warm days of spring. The abdomen of the female (6, Fig. 62), as well as that ofthe male, has in this species, ujion the hinder margin of eachof the rings, two transverse rows of stiff reddish spines ; atd in the figure is represented a joint of the abdomen, en-larged, showing these spines. The female also has a retractile. 68 INSECTS INJURIOUS TO THE APPLE ovipositor, shown in the figure at e; this is wanting in theother species; c represents a portion of one of her antenna. The fore wings ofthe male are paler than zP- in jpometaria, and moretransparent; they areash-coloi^ed or brown-ish gray, and of a silkyappearance. A brokenwhitish band crosses the wi^gs near the outer margin, andthree interrupted brownish lines between that and the base ;there is an oblique black dash near the tip of the fore wings,and a nearly continuous black line at the base of the hind wings are plain pale ash color, or very light gray,with a dusky dot about the middle. Remedies.—To attack an enemy with success it is essentialthat we know his vulnerable points. In this instance, sincethe females are without wings, if they can be prevented fromcrawling up the trees to deposit their eggs, a great point will begained. Various measures have been employed to secure thisend, all ljch>nging
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