. Elementary entomology . number of prolegs on the abdomen, and lack the hard shield usually found on the prothorax of lepidopterous cater- pillars. Most of them feed on foliage, and many are quite injurious. Sev- eral species are soft- bodied and covered with a viscid, slimy matter, which has given them the name of ' ; Among the more com- mon species are the yellow-and-green currant worms (Xcwatiis ribe- sii), which devour the foliage of currants and gooseberries, the rose- slug (Monostegia rosae], w FIG. 386. The pear-slug ft, adult saw-fly, female; />, larva with slime removed
. Elementary entomology . number of prolegs on the abdomen, and lack the hard shield usually found on the prothorax of lepidopterous cater- pillars. Most of them feed on foliage, and many are quite injurious. Sev- eral species are soft- bodied and covered with a viscid, slimy matter, which has given them the name of ' ; Among the more com- mon species are the yellow-and-green currant worms (Xcwatiis ribe- sii), which devour the foliage of currants and gooseberries, the rose- slug (Monostegia rosae], w FIG. 386. The pear-slug ft, adult saw-fly, female; />, larva with slime removed ; c, same in normal state ; d, leaves with larva (natural size), (a, b, c, much enlarged.) (After Marlatt, United States Department of Agriculture)
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