. Insects injurious to fruits. Illustrated with four hundred and forty wood-cuts. Insect pests. 35,0 I^'SECTS INJURIOUS TO THE RED CURRANT out, SO that it might easily be mistaken for the stem of a leaf* Its body is pale green, with a darker, interrupted green line down the back, indistinct, broken transverse lines of the same color^ and a yellow cross line on the posterior end of each segment. Tliere are two small tubercles on the segment im- mediately behind the head, and the body is dotted wnth very small whitish tubercles and a few short black hairs. In some specimens there is a small brow
. Insects injurious to fruits. Illustrated with four hundred and forty wood-cuts. Insect pests. 35,0 I^'SECTS INJURIOUS TO THE RED CURRANT out, SO that it might easily be mistaken for the stem of a leaf* Its body is pale green, with a darker, interrupted green line down the back, indistinct, broken transverse lines of the same color^ and a yellow cross line on the posterior end of each segment. Tliere are two small tubercles on the segment im- mediately behind the head, and the body is dotted wnth very small whitish tubercles and a few short black hairs. In some specimens there is a small brown tubercle on each side behind the middle, and a purplish-brown ridge on the last segment. When mature, the larva descends to the ground and buries itself in the earth, where it eventually changes to a chrysalis about seven-tenths of an EiG. 363. inch long and of a dark- brown color, from which the moth escapes the fol- lowing spring. This is a handsome moth (see Fig. 363), which, when its wings are spread, will measure two inches or more across. Both fore and hind wings are gray, dotted and streaked with black, and with a wavy light band crossing the wings beyond the middle. The under surface is paler than the upper; the body gray, dotted with black. This insect is a very general feeder, and on that account is not likely ever to prove very destructive to the currant; it has been found feeding also on the plum, Missouri currant, red spirea, and maple. No. 212.—The Fonr-striped Plant-bug. Poecilocapsus lineatus (Fabr.). This is a bright-yellow bug, about three-tenths of an inch long, with black antennae and two black stripes on each of its wing-covers, the outer one on each side terminating in a black dot. In Fig. 364 this insect is represented magnified,. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Sau
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