21 ^ INSECTS INJURIOUS TO THE CHERRY. 



a deep-orange patch or point. On the fore wings there are 

 several white spots towards the tip. The margins of both 

 wings are slightly creuate, the hollows being edged with 

 white. When the wings are spread, they measure about three 

 inches across. 



The female deposits her eggs on the leaves of the cherry, 

 both wild and cultivated, and occasionally also on those of 



Fig. 223 



the apple and plum. The full-grown larva is about an inch 

 and a quarter long, of an olive-green color variegated with 

 russet, white, reddish yellow, and ochreous, with two long 

 reddish horns behind its head, and two tubercles on each of 

 the other segments, all green except those on the fifth seg- 

 ment, which are reddish. The chrysalis is russety marked 

 with white, is suspended by its tail, and has on the middle 

 of its back a curious and prominent projection like a Roman 

 nose. Both the larva and the chrysalis resemble that of 

 Limenids disippus, Fig. 180. This insect is met with only 

 occasionally, and has never been reported as destructive any- 

 where. It is found as far north as the Province of Ontario 

 in Canada, but is much more common in the Middle and 

 Southern States. 



