Insects injurious to fruits . mes raked or otherwise dis-turbed late in the autumn and early in the spring, so as toexpose any concealed insects to the killing influence of species of bug known as the Glassy-winged Soldier-bug,Campyloneura vitripennis Say, feeds on these leaf-hoppers, and devours large numbers ofFig. 298. Fig. 299. ^ ^^^^^^^ Y\g. 298 shows this friendly insect in the larvalstate, and Fig. 299 in the per-fect condition. This useful\ friend, whenever seen, shouldbe protected. In both figuresthe insect is magnified, the linesat the side showing the naturalsize. The mature
Insects injurious to fruits . mes raked or otherwise dis-turbed late in the autumn and early in the spring, so as toexpose any concealed insects to the killing influence of species of bug known as the Glassy-winged Soldier-bug,Campyloneura vitripennis Say, feeds on these leaf-hoppers, and devours large numbers ofFig. 298. Fig. 299. ^ ^^^^^^^ Y\g. 298 shows this friendly insect in the larvalstate, and Fig. 299 in the per-fect condition. This useful\ friend, whenever seen, shouldbe protected. In both figuresthe insect is magnified, the linesat the side showing the naturalsize. The mature insect is of a pale greenish-yellow color,the head and thorax are tinged with pink, and the upperwings are transparent and ornamented with a rose-coloredcross. The Grape-leaf Gall-louse. Phylloxera vitifolia Fitch. This has been already treated of under the grape phylloxera. No. 125. Tree-hoppers. Several insects may be grouped under this name which at-tack the leaves of the vine, and some of them the succulentbranches
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