Insects injurious to fruits . 138.—The Beautiful Wood-nymph. Eudryas grata (Fabr.). The larva of this lovely moth is quite destructive to thefoliage of the vine, upon which the moth itself is often foundresting during the daytime, its closed wings forming a steeproof over its back, and its fore legs, which have a curiousmuff-like tuft of white hairs, protruded, giving the insecta very singular appearance. When its wings are expanded,they measure about an inch and three-quarters across. (SeeFig. 268.) Its fore wings are creamy white, with a glossy surface; a wide brownish-purple stripe extends
Insects injurious to fruits . 138.—The Beautiful Wood-nymph. Eudryas grata (Fabr.). The larva of this lovely moth is quite destructive to thefoliage of the vine, upon which the moth itself is often foundresting during the daytime, its closed wings forming a steeproof over its back, and its fore legs, which have a curiousmuff-like tuft of white hairs, protruded, giving the insecta very singular appearance. When its wings are expanded,they measure about an inch and three-quarters across. (SeeFig. 268.) Its fore wings are creamy white, with a glossy surface; a wide brownish-purple stripe extends alongthe anterior margin, reach-ing from the base to a littlebeyond the middle of thewing, and on the outer mar-gin is a broad band of thesame hue, widening poste-riorly, and having a wavywhite line running through it, formed by minute pearly dotsor scales, and a dull deep-green edging on its inner brownish-purple band is continued along the hinderedge, but gradually becomes narrower, and terminates when Fig. ATTACKING THE LEAVES. 259 near the base. There are also two brownish si)ots near themiddle of the wing, one round, the other kidney-shaped;these are sometimes so covered with pearly-white scales as tobe indistinct above, but are clear and striking on the underside. The hind wings are deep yellow, with u broad brownish-purple band along the hinder margin, extending nearly to theouter angle, and powdered with a few pearly-white scales;there is a faint dot on the middle of the wing, which is moreprominent on the under side. The head is black, and thereis a wide black stripe down the back, merging into a seriesof black spots extending to near the tip of the abdomen,which is tufted with white. The shoulder-covers are white,and the sides of the body deep yellow, with a row of blackdots along each side close to the under surface. The win^sbeneath are reddish yellow, and the body white. The mothappears during the latter part of June or early in July, andis active
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