Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 21 June to November 1860 . tervals raised and expanded ; at the same time,when each trial is made, there is discharged from the abdomen a dull copperish red fluid which,later in the season, when the second brood comesforth, assists in ruining the planters expectationsby staining the cotton around where they maybe suspended. You may conceive the amountof injury done some seasons when this pest isvery numerous. Fortunately there inten-eneperiods when they are comparatively few, beingkept under by their natural enemies. Theirplace, however, is taken by the lar
Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 21 June to November 1860 . tervals raised and expanded ; at the same time,when each trial is made, there is discharged from the abdomen a dull copperish red fluid which,later in the season, when the second brood comesforth, assists in ruining the planters expectationsby staining the cotton around where they maybe suspended. You may conceive the amountof injury done some seasons when this pest isvery numerous. Fortunately there inten-eneperiods when they are comparatively few, beingkept under by their natural enemies. Theirplace, however, is taken by the larvte of saw-flies, who devour the leaves, but without furtherannoyance. An ichneumon attending this mothis a \cry pretty bright violet-winged creature,and may often be seen in numbers resting in theflower-cups. They are well worth seeing, beingexquisitely shaded in violet, gray, and black. Figure 11 represents the yTjjeria Carbasina,a borer or pith moth. The name is obtainedfrom Carhasis, the term used by the Latin au-thors for cotton. This is the most serious.
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