. Annual report. 1st-12th, 1867-1878. Geology. 782 EEPORT UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. | Fig. 49 illustrates an icbnenmon-para- •] site of the vine-dresser, Chcenocamimpam- ' pinating, reared at Salem, Mass., by Mr» Emerton, by whom the drawings of both were made. Professor Eiley notices a species of Microgasier and ichneumon, an undescribed species of Blacus, a braconid ichneumon, which preys on the five-spot- i ted sphinx. I The moth in the Northern States ap- pears in June, without doubt, though I '> have not personally seen them, lays its I eggs on the leaves, probably the under ? s
. Annual report. 1st-12th, 1867-1878. Geology. 782 EEPORT UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. | Fig. 49 illustrates an icbnenmon-para- •] site of the vine-dresser, Chcenocamimpam- ' pinating, reared at Salem, Mass., by Mr» Emerton, by whom the drawings of both were made. Professor Eiley notices a species of Microgasier and ichneumon, an undescribed species of Blacus, a braconid ichneumon, which preys on the five-spot- i ted sphinx. I The moth in the Northern States ap- pears in June, without doubt, though I '> have not personally seen them, lays its I eggs on the leaves, probably the under ? side, and the caterpillar lives about six Fig. 49.—Ichneumon-parasite of weeks, attaining its full size from the Vine-Dresser. middle of August until the first of Sep- tember, going under ground in September and early October. During 1 this month I have frequently seen the moths at twilight in Amherst, Mass., flying about the- flowers of the petunia, probing their deep tubular cerollas with their long tongue. Our figure, (47,) copied from 1 Harris, will sufiBciently indicate the size and transformations of this ^ common moth, the caterpillar of which, in the S^orthern States, often passes under the name of the tomato or potato worm. The caterpillar is rather dark green, with seven oblique greenish- i yellow stripes on the side of the body. The chrysalis may be known by the large, conspicuous tongue-case which projects from the body like the handle of a pitcher. ' In the Macrosila 5maculata there is no white spot at the base of the , fore wings, and on the hind wings are two distinct angulated bands. J The Carolina moth is ash-colored, with a white spot at the base of the '' fore wings, while the central band of the hind wings is indistinct. The caterpillar feeds on the tobacco and the tomato. It is dark green, with lateral, oblique, white bands, edged above with bluish and short trans- verse black stripes. The tongue-case is shorter and less curved than in the five-spotted
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