. Insects injurious to fruits. Illustrated with four hundred and forty wood-cuts. Insect pests. 30 INSECTS INJURIOUS TO THE APPLE. tree Aphis, No. 57. The vigorous use of a stiff brush wet with the alkaline solution of soap, recommended under Ko. 2, will also be found very efficient, or a solution made by mixing five pounds of fresh lime with one pound of sulphur and two gallons of water, and heating until the sulphur is dissolved. After destroying those on the trunk, and cutting away all suckers, the earth should be removed from about the base of the trunk, the parts below the surface cleaned
. Insects injurious to fruits. Illustrated with four hundred and forty wood-cuts. Insect pests. 30 INSECTS INJURIOUS TO THE APPLE. tree Aphis, No. 57. The vigorous use of a stiff brush wet with the alkaline solution of soap, recommended under Ko. 2, will also be found very efficient, or a solution made by mixing five pounds of fresh lime with one pound of sulphur and two gallons of water, and heating until the sulphur is dissolved. After destroying those on the trunk, and cutting away all suckers, the earth should be removed from about the base of the trunk, the parts below the surface cleaned, and fresh earth placed about the roots. Spiders devour large numbers of these lice, spinning their webs over the colonies and feeding at their leisure. No. 10.—The Apple Liopus. Lioj)us facetus Say. This is another of the long-horned borers which has been found in the larval state boring into the decaying limbs of apple-trees. The larva, when full grown, is a quarter of an inch long or more, is slender, with the anterior segments en- larged and swollen, is covered with fine short hairs, and has the end of the abdomen rather blunt. The beetle, which is shown magnified in Fig. 16, is a handsome one, a slender little creature, rather less than a quarter of an inch in length, of a pale ash-gray color with a purplish tinge. The long antennse are yellowish brown, except at the base and between the joints, where the color is darker. The wing-covers are smooth, and on their anterior por- tion is an irregular rounded dark spot; a broad black band crosses the hinder portion, leaving the tip pale gray; there are also several additional blackish dots and streaks distrib- uted over the upper surface. The beetles appear late in June and early in July, and lay their eggs on the bark of the branches, from which the young larvse hatch and bore in under the bark, where they become. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for
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