. Insects injurious to fruits. Illustrated with four hundred and forty wood-cuts. Insect pests. 332 INSECTS INJURIOIS TO THE STRAWBERRY. there will be found in each, about the centre, a small, milk- white, footless grub, semi-transparent, with a smooth, glossy skin, a wrinkled surface, and a few fine, short hairs. Its jaws are pale brown, and its length at this period is about one- sixteenth of an inch, the body tapering a little towards each extremity. This insect doubtless changes to a chrysalis within tlie gall, from which the flies escape later in the season, or early the following spring.
. Insects injurious to fruits. Illustrated with four hundred and forty wood-cuts. Insect pests. 332 INSECTS INJURIOIS TO THE STRAWBERRY. there will be found in each, about the centre, a small, milk- white, footless grub, semi-transparent, with a smooth, glossy skin, a wrinkled surface, and a few fine, short hairs. Its jaws are pale brown, and its length at this period is about one- sixteenth of an inch, the body tapering a little towards each extremity. This insect doubtless changes to a chrysalis within tlie gall, from which the flies escape later in the season, or early the following spring. No. 200.—The Strawberry Saw-fly. Emphytus maculatus Norton. This insect in the perfect state is also a four-winged fly, which in the larval condition is very destructive to the leaves of the strawberry. The Accompanying figure, 346, illustrates the insect in its various stages; 1 shows the under side of the chrysalis, 2 a side view of the same, 3 the perfect fly, all EiG. magnified; 4 the larva crawling, 6 the same at rest, 5 the perfect insect with its wings closed, and 7 the cocoon, all of the natural size; 8 one of the antennae, and 9 an egg, both magnified. The ^gg is placed within the substance of the stem of the leaf early in May by means of the peculiar saw-. 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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