FEUIT INSECTS. 



Ill 



red and with gray and white hairs. Occurs in April and May ((iermany). Pupates 

 in the earth. Larva, length 40 mm.; gray, with golden, longitudinal lines; occurs 

 May to July. 

 Distribution: Northern Europe. 



SoRAUER, P. Handbuch der Pflanzenkrankheiten, 3d ed., 1913, vol. 3, p. 339. 

 Hlbemia rupicapraria Hiibner. 

 (Early Moth. Geometridse; Lepidoptera.) 



Hosts: Plum, thorns, fruit trees. 



Injury: "No record of serious damage." (Theobald.) 



Description and biology: Adult male wing expanse 30 mm.; fore wings gray brown, 

 with broad dark area across middle, edges dark and notched; hind wings whitish 

 gray, with a dark central spot above middle and crossed by an indistinct gray streak; 

 female, almost wingless, stumps of wings grayish; occurs in January and February 



Fig. 60.— Cherry spinner (Biston hirtarius): a, Adult female; 6, adult male; c, larva; d, pupa. 



(Sorauer.) 



(England) . Larva bluish green with pale green back, front of each segment darkened, 

 and a white line on each side; pupates in soil. 



Distribution; England, Europe (except Russia), Asia ^Minor. 

 Theobald, F. V. Insect Pests of Fruits, 1909, p. 362. 



Gastropacha quercUoIla Linnaeus. 



(Lappet Moth. Lasiocampidae; Lepidoptera.) 



Hosts: Apple, plum, pear, hawthorn, blackthorn, willow, sallow. 



Injury: Can not be looked upon as a pest. Sometimes strips branches and shoots. 



Description and biology: Adult male wing expanse 56 mm.; female, 80 mm.; color 

 rich brown, with dark irregular, transverse, scalloped lines on both pairs of wings, 

 edges of wings scalloped. Moths appear in June and July (England). Pupa large 

 brown motile; cocoon spun among twigs of trees, crevices, in bark and rubbish on 

 ground; oval, pointed at one end and mouse-colored. Larva 100 mm. long; gray and 

 gray brown, with faint V-shaped dark marks dorsally; two deep blue or purple bands 



