. Insects injurious to fruits. Illustrated with four hundred and forty wood-cuts. Insect pests. INSECTS INJURIOUS TO THE ORANGE. 383 Fig. 393. No. 243.—The Orange Leaf-notcher. Artipus floridanus Horn. This is a beetle which is represented magnified in Fig. 393, the line below it indicating the natural size. It eats jagged notches in the leaves of the orange, as shown in the figure, disfiguring and injuring the foliage. It is about a quarter of an inch long, of a pale greenish-blue or copper color, and densely clothed with white scales. The thorax is unevenly dotted, and th^re are on the wing-
. Insects injurious to fruits. Illustrated with four hundred and forty wood-cuts. Insect pests. INSECTS INJURIOUS TO THE ORANGE. 383 Fig. 393. No. 243.—The Orange Leaf-notcher. Artipus floridanus Horn. This is a beetle which is represented magnified in Fig. 393, the line below it indicating the natural size. It eats jagged notches in the leaves of the orange, as shown in the figure, disfiguring and injuring the foliage. It is about a quarter of an inch long, of a pale greenish-blue or copper color, and densely clothed with white scales. The thorax is unevenly dotted, and th^re are on the wing-cases ten longitudinal lines of dots of varying sizes, divided by slight ridges. The under side of the body and legs is also scaly and hairy. In some localities in Florida these beetles are said to be very abundant. As they readily drop when the trees are jarred, they may be easily collected on sheets spread under the No. 244.—The Angular-winged Katydid. Micro centrum retinej^vis Burm. There is, perhaps, no insect of large size so destructive to the foliage of the orange as this. It is a large green katydid, and one of the commonest insects in the South. During the daytime it is seldom seen, as it is then hidden among the thick foliage of trees and shrubs, but towards dusk it leaves its hiding-places and makes the air resonant with its music, which is produced by rubbing the wings against the thighs. The eggs are deposited in abundance upon both twigs and leaves, as shown in Fig. 394 at 1 a and 2 6, overlapping each other. They are of a long, oval Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Saunders, William, 1836-1914. Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott & Co
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