200 n\SECTS INJURIOUS TO THE APRICOT, ETC. 

 ATTACKING THE BRANCHES. 



The buffalo tree-bopper, No. 18; the red-shouldered Sin- 

 oxylon, No. 130; the tree-cricket, No. 178; and the straw- 

 berry root-borer, No. 190, all attack the branches. The 

 stalk-borer, No. 201, souietimes bores into the buds and 

 young branches. 



ATTACKING THE LEAVES. 



The oblique-banded leaf-roller. No. 35 ; the leaf-crumpler, 

 No. 37 ; the many-dotted apple-worm, No. 43 ; the saddled 

 leaf-hopper, No. 96 ; the basket- worm, or bag- worm, No. 120; 

 the rose-beetle, No. 151 ; and the smeared dagger, No. 194, 

 devour the leaves. 



ATTACKING THE FRUIT. 



The codling moth. No. 58 ; the ash-gray pinion, No. 64 ; 

 the Indian Cetonia, No. 81 ; and the plum curculio, No. 94, 

 all affect the fruit, the last-named insect being especially 

 injurious. 



INSECTS INJURIOUS TO THE APRICOT AND THE 

 NECTARINE. 



The nectarine and apricot, being closely related to the 

 peach, are liable to be injured by the same insects ; besides 

 those enumerated as affecting the peach, the apricot occasion- 

 ally suffers in its branches from the attacks of the pear-blisrht 

 beetle, No. 68. 



