Insects injurious to fruits . th measures, when its wingsare expanded, from an inch and a half to an inch and three-quarters across. The eggs are laid on the leaves of the apple-tree late inJune, and are very pretty objects under a measure about one-twentieth of an inch long, are oval,flattened at the base and also above, and a little thicker at oneend than at the other. In color they are white, with peculiarblack markings ; at each end is a crescent-shaped stripe, witha dot below it, and on both the flatteiied surfaces there aremarkings like eyes, each formed by an oval
Insects injurious to fruits . th measures, when its wingsare expanded, from an inch and a half to an inch and three-quarters across. The eggs are laid on the leaves of the apple-tree late inJune, and are very pretty objects under a measure about one-twentieth of an inch long, are oval,flattened at the base and also above, and a little thicker at oneend than at the other. In color they are white, with peculiarblack markings ; at each end is a crescent-shaped stripe, witha dot below it, and on both the flatteiied surfaces there aremarkings like eyes, each formed by an oval spot in thecentre, with a curved stripe above and a shorter straight onebelow; between and parallel to the two eyebrow-like marksthere is another black stripe. The whole surface is coveredwith a net-work, the meshes of which arc irregular, with adepressed dot in the centre of each. This insect feeds alsoon the cherry and the oak. It is not at all common, andprobably will never be a source of much annoyance to ATTACKING THE LEAVES. 89 No. 34.—The Velleda Lappet-moth. Tolype velleda (Stoll). The caterpillar of this species is very similar in appearanceand habits to that of the American Lappet-moth, No. 33,with some slight differences in color and markings. The full--grown larva is two inches or more in length, with a small,flat head, nearly hidden beneath two projecting tufts of hairfrom the second segment. It is represented partly grown inFig. 87. The body is bluishgray, with many faint paler Ilo- 87. longitudinal lines ; across theupper part of the fourth seg-ment there is a narrow velvetyblack band, more conspicuouswhen the caterpillar is in motion. On each segment abovethere are two warts with short black hairs, of which those onthe fourth segment, anterior to the band, are most are a few short black and gray hairs scattered over thebody. The side fringes which border the body close to theunder surface are composed of spreading tufts of lig
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