Entomology for beginners; for the use of young folks, fruitgrowers, farmers, and gardeners; . j. 103 —Larva of Monohammus confu-sor. a, top; 6, side view, natural size ;d, upper, c, under, side of the head, en-larged; e, side,/, under side, of pupa. FIG. 104. — The beetle in itscell in a piece of planedplank. Beginning with Saperda, we recall the apple-tree borer, S. CandidaFabr., which destroys living, especially young, apple-trees, thefemale laying her eggs by making gashes in the bark near the roots,the larva boring upwards into the wood, as it increases in size withage. Oncideres cinguldtu

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Entomology for beginners; for the use of young folks, fruitgrowers, farmers, and gardeners; . j. 103 —Larva of Monohammus confu-sor. a, top; 6, side view, natural size ;d, upper, c, under, side of the head, en-larged; e, side,/, under side, of pupa. FIG. 104. — The beetle in itscell in a piece of planedplank. Beginning with Saperda, we recall the apple-tree borer, S. CandidaFabr., which destroys living, especially young, apple-trees, thefemale laying her eggs by making gashes in the bark near the roots,the larva boring upwards into the wood, as it increases in size withage. Oncideres cinguldtus (Say) places its eggs in small branches ofhickory, etc., then gnawing through the bark below, so that thebranch afterwards becomes broken off by the wind. 106 ENTOMOLOGY.

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