Insects injurious to fruits . he earth, where it eventually changes to a chrysalis about seven-tenths of anFig. 363, inch long and of a dark- brown color, from whichthe moth escapes the fol-lowing spring. This is a handsomemoth (see Fig. 363), which,when its wings are spread,will measure two inches or more across. Both fore and hindwings are gray, dotted and streaked with black, and with awavy light band crossing the wings beyond the middle. Theunder surface is paler than the upper; the body gray, dottedwith black. This insect is a very general feeder, and on that account isnot likely ever to
Insects injurious to fruits . he earth, where it eventually changes to a chrysalis about seven-tenths of anFig. 363, inch long and of a dark- brown color, from whichthe moth escapes the fol-lowing spring. This is a handsomemoth (see Fig. 363), which,when its wings are spread,will measure two inches or more across. Both fore and hindwings are gray, dotted and streaked with black, and with awavy light band crossing the wings beyond the middle. Theunder surface is paler than the upper; the body gray, dottedwith black. This insect is a very general feeder, and on that account isnot likely ever to prove very destructive to the currant; ithas been found feeding also on the plum, Missouri currant,red spirea, and maple. No. 212.—The Four-striped Plant-bug. Poecilocapsus lineatus (Fabr.). This is a bright-yellow bug, about three-tenths of an inchlong, with black antennae and two black stripes on each ofits wing-covers, the outer one on each side terminating in ablack dot. In Fig. 364 this insect is represented magnified,.
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