Insects injurious to fruits . from the head to the base of the thorax, where it unites withanother line of the same color, wiiich extends down the middle,and, dividing, sends a branch to each side. The abdomen is Fig. olive spotted with white and black ; the wings, whenexpanded, measure about three and a half inches across. The larva is found occasionally feeding on the leaves of thegrape-vine, but more commonly on ; it feeds also onturnip, buclcwheat, and apple leaves. It is very variable incolor. The most common form is that shown in Fig. 265,where the body is yellow
Insects injurious to fruits . from the head to the base of the thorax, where it unites withanother line of the same color, wiiich extends down the middle,and, dividing, sends a branch to each side. The abdomen is Fig. olive spotted with white and black ; the wings, whenexpanded, measure about three and a half inches across. The larva is found occasionally feeding on the leaves of thegrape-vine, but more commonly on ; it feeds also onturnip, buclcwheat, and apple leaves. It is very variable incolor. The most common form is that shown in Fig. 265,where the body is yellowish green, with a row of prominent 2oG INSECTS INJURIOUS TO THE QRAPE. spots along each side, eacli spot consisting of two curved blacklines, enclosing a crimson patch above and a pale-yellow linebelow, the whole being connected by a pale-yellow stripeedged with black. In some instances these spots are discon-nected, and the space between the black crescents is of a uni-form cream-color. The breathing-pores, lower down the side,are margined with black, or black edged with yellow. Theother form of the caterpillar is black, with a yellow line dowu Fig. 266.
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