Insects injurious to fruits . , of a pale-yellow color, and covered witha net-work of raised lines. They are laid in little clustershere and there on the branches. As the habits of this insect are similar to those of thecanker-worm, the remedies recommended for the latter willprove equally efficient in this instance. No. 47.—The White Eugonia. Eugonia suhsignaria (Hubner). This insect has only recently been reported as injurious tothe foliage of the apple. It has long been known as de-structive to shade-trees, particularly the elm. From a com-munication to theCanadian Entomologist, vol. xiv. p
Insects injurious to fruits . , of a pale-yellow color, and covered witha net-work of raised lines. They are laid in little clustershere and there on the branches. As the habits of this insect are similar to those of thecanker-worm, the remedies recommended for the latter willprove equally efficient in this instance. No. 47.—The White Eugonia. Eugonia suhsignaria (Hubner). This insect has only recently been reported as injurious tothe foliage of the apple. It has long been known as de-structive to shade-trees, particularly the elm. From a com-munication to theCanadian Entomologist, vol. xiv. p. 30,by Mr. Charles K. Dodge, ofWashington, , it appears ^«- ^^^? that the larva of this mothhas become exceedingly in-jurious to apple-trees in someparts of Georgia. The moth is pure white,and measures, when its wingsare spread, about an inch anda half across. In the malethe antennae are pectinated ortoothed (Fig. 109 represents a male); in the female they aremuch less toothed. When resting on the trees, these moths. 112 INSECTS INJURIOUS TO TIIK AITLK. are easily disturbed, and on the sliglitest alarm drop to theground lor protection. The eggs are usually deposited on the under side of thelimbs, near the tops of the trees, in jiatches, consisting oftenof many hundreds, arranged in rows closely crowded are smooth, irregularly ovoid, slightly flattened on thesides, rounded at the bottom, while the top is depressed,with a whitish rim or edge, forming a perfect oval ring. Theegg hatches about the 1st of May. The caterpillar (Fig. 110) is dark brown, with a large redhead; the terminal segment is also red. It lives in thisstage about forty days, and then changeJ)Fig. 110. to a chrysalis, in which condition it re- mains about ten days, when the mothtS^--—-^ n^^,^ escapes. This insect, when very abun-dant, devours the leaves of almost everyvariety of tree, bush, and shrub. AVhere abundant, they may be poisoned, and the orchardprotected, by syringing the trees w
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