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INSECTS INJURIOUS TO THE PEAR. 



No. 82. — The Melancholy Cetonia. 



Euphoria melanchoKca (Gory). 

 This insect belongs to the same genus as the Indian Cetonia 

 (No. 81), and is very similar to it in appearance and habits, 



but is somewhat smaller. (See Fig. 169.) ^ 

 Fig. 169. rpj^jg beetle has also been found eating into ripe 

 pears, and occasionally apples. It is found in the 

 South in cotton-bolls, in the holes left by the boll- 

 worm. It appears to frequent the bolls for the 

 purpose of consuming the exuding sap. 



SUPPLEMilNTAEY LIST OF INJURIOUS INSECTS WHICH 

 AIIECT THE PEAR. 



ATTACKING THE ROOT. 



The broad-necked Prionus, No. 122, is occasionally very 

 destructive to the roots of the pear. 



ATTACKING THE TRUNK. 



The round-headed apple-tree-borer, No. 2, and the flat- 

 headed apple-tree borer, No. 3, both injure the pear, and are 

 often found under the bark, especially about the base of the 



trunk. 



ATTACKING THE BRANCHES. 



The apple-twig borer. No. 13 ; the oyster-shell bark-louse. 

 No 16 • the scurfy bark-louse. No. 17 ; and the New York 

 weevil, No. 100, all affect the branches of the pear-tree. 



ATTACKING THE LEAVES. 



Many of the insects which devour the leaves of other 

 fruit-trees feed also on those of the pear, such as the white- 

 marked tussock-moth, No. 22; the red-humped apple-tree 



