Insects injurious to fruits . Fig. 418. Fig. body is of a dark-brown color, with yellow markings; thewings are transparent. In Fig. 419 is shown another of the parasites of this scale-insect, known as Comys bieolor Howard, a small fly, whichmeasures, when its wings are expanded, nearly one-eighth ofan inch across. The fore wings are dusky brown on theirouter two-thirds, the inner portion nearly transparent, with abrownish streak ; the hind wings are nearly transparent. Thebody is black, the thorax brown, with black hairs. This in-sect has been found very abundant in Washington, destroyin
Insects injurious to fruits . Fig. 418. Fig. body is of a dark-brown color, with yellow markings; thewings are transparent. In Fig. 419 is shown another of the parasites of this scale-insect, known as Comys bieolor Howard, a small fly, whichmeasures, when its wings are expanded, nearly one-eighth ofan inch across. The fore wings are dusky brown on theirouter two-thirds, the inner portion nearly transparent, with abrownish streak ; the hind wings are nearly transparent. Thebody is black, the thorax brown, with black hairs. This in-sect has been found very abundant in Washington, destroying 406 INSECTS INJURIOUS TO THE ORANGE. large quantities of the broad scale-insects which occur inmultitudes on the English ivy grown there. Both sexes of a third parasite, Eacyrtus jiavus Howard,are shown in Fig. 420, a representing the male, 6 the female. Fig. 420.
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