Insects injurious to fruits . these will suffice to illustrate the family, all the members olwhich are destructive, especially during the latter part of thesummer. When young trees are deprived of their leaves in the midstof their growth, they fail to ripen their wood properly, andtheir vitality is weakened so that they are more liable to Fig. injury from winter, and also more prone to disease. Grass-hoppers do not confine their attacks to the pear, but devouialso the leaves of young apj)le, j)luin, and other trees. To destroy these pests, the trees, when not fruiting, maybe syringed wit
Insects injurious to fruits . these will suffice to illustrate the family, all the members olwhich are destructive, especially during the latter part of thesummer. When young trees are deprived of their leaves in the midstof their growth, they fail to ripen their wood properly, andtheir vitality is weakened so that they are more liable to Fig. injury from winter, and also more prone to disease. Grass-hoppers do not confine their attacks to the pear, but devouialso the leaves of young apj)le, j)luin, and other trees. To destroy these pests, the trees, when not fruiting, maybe syringed with Paris-green and water in the proportion oitwo teaspoonfuls of the poison to two gallons of water. ATTACKING THE FRUIT. 159 ATTACKING THE FEUIT. No. 81.—The Indian Cetonia. Euphoria Inda (Linn.), This is one of the earliest insect visitors in spring, appear-ing towards the end of April or in the beginning of May,when it flies about in dry fields on the borders of woods onsunny days, making a loud buzzing sound like a bee. It islittle more than half an inch in length (see Fig. 168), andhas a broad body, obtuse behind. The head andthorax are of a blackish copper-brown, thickly • ^^^covered with short, greenish-yellow hairs. Thewing-cases are light yellowish brown, with a num-ber of irregular black spots. The under side of thebody is black
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