Outlines of entomology . rape-vines, apple trees andsimilar plants. Saperda Candida, Fab., a beautiful species of a cinnamon-browncolor above, with two broad milk-white stripes extending the wholelength of the body, is the parent of the much execrated Round-headedApple tree borer (see Fig. 26), which does so much damage in orchards by boring the trees near the ground. The Twig-girdler {Oncideres cingulatus, Say.) has the bad habit ofgirdling the twigs in which the female lays her eggs. It attacks bothfruit and forest trees. Maples, Locust and Hickory are bored by thelarvte of a group of beauti
Outlines of entomology . rape-vines, apple trees andsimilar plants. Saperda Candida, Fab., a beautiful species of a cinnamon-browncolor above, with two broad milk-white stripes extending the wholelength of the body, is the parent of the much execrated Round-headedApple tree borer (see Fig. 26), which does so much damage in orchards by boring the trees near the ground. The Twig-girdler {Oncideres cingulatus, Say.) has the bad habit ofgirdling the twigs in which the female lays her eggs. It attacks bothfruit and forest trees. Maples, Locust and Hickory are bored by thelarvte of a group of beautiful beetles of the genus Clytus. They arerather large, of dark colors, ornamented with curved and V-shaped[Fig. 27.] transverse bands of bright yellow, pale green or Leaf-beetles (Chrys-0 OMELID^) constitute an im-^ mense group of small to medi-l, um-8izedspecies,many of whichc display brilliant and beautifulcolors. The scientific namegiven to the family, from wordssignifying a golden apple, re- Asparagus beeti.
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