Half hours with insects . oranal segment, are yellow ; the sixteen false or abdominal legsare also ^-ellow ; the six thoracic legs are horn-colored. Thebody is transversely wrinkled, especially on the back, and is slightly hairy. Theeyes and jaws (man-dibles) are black, andon the inner side ofthe edge reddish. Itis about three-quartersof an inch in length. Previous to the lastmoult, however, andbefore it has gained itsfull size, preparatory topassing into the adultor winged condition,the body is coveredwith black tubercles ;from each of w^hicharises a stiff black hair. There is also a supra-an
Half hours with insects . oranal segment, are yellow ; the sixteen false or abdominal legsare also ^-ellow ; the six thoracic legs are horn-colored. Thebody is transversely wrinkled, especially on the back, and is slightly hairy. Theeyes and jaws (man-dibles) are black, andon the inner side ofthe edge reddish. Itis about three-quartersof an inch in length. Previous to the lastmoult, however, andbefore it has gained itsfull size, preparatory topassing into the adultor winged condition,the body is coveredwith black tubercles ;from each of w^hicharises a stiff black hair. There is also a supra-anal, ordorsal black patch on the last segment of the body, fromwhich arises a pair of black spines. On the back of thefalse caterpillar the tubercles become smooth and trans-versely oval, and arranged in two regular rows. Moreover,a still more important characteristic of the worm in thisstate is the jet-black head, which in the fully grown insect ispale pea-green. In the region of Salem they may be found late in May or 12. Eggs of Imported Currant Saw Fly. Packard] INSECTS OF THE GARDEjS. 45 the first week in June feeding on the currants, iiu 1 by th?8th of June they spin their cocoons, which are of silk, tough,dense, like parchment, and at first green, then becomingblackish, and covered Avith particles of dirt, and attached tothe leaves in the breeding box. Here they remain betweentwo or three weeks in June, the adult flies (in Salem)appearing June 2oth. At nearly the same date (June 29th)the worms of the second brood were spinning their cocoons.
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