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A MANUAL OF DANGEROUS INSECTS. 



across first thoracic segment; above legs on each side is a row of fleshy pad-like append- 

 ages with long gray hairs like "lappets " ; body finely hairy. Larvae appear in autumn 

 and hibernate, extended on twigs. 



Distribution: Europe. 

 Theobald, F. V. Insect Pests of Fruits, 1909, p. 19. 



Odonestis prunl Linnseus. 

 (Lasiocampidse; Lepidoptera.) 



Hosts: Various fruit trees. 



Injury: Defoliation. 



Description and biology: Adult length of wing 20-30 mm.; forewing orange, strongly 

 dusted with red. with sharp points and a notched margin; a single white spot in tlie 



middle; front diagonal 

 rS^S lio^s arched, hind di- 

 agonal line straight, 

 body and hindwing 

 brick red. Occurs 

 June and July (Ger- 

 many); pupates in 

 May (Germany) in 

 grayish-white cocoon . 

 Larva length 65-70 

 mm.; l)lue gray, with 

 golden longitudinal 

 lines, and dull golden - 

 gray spots; head 

 brownish gray; 

 hatches in August; 

 overwinters and feeds 

 in spring until May 

 (Germany). Eggs de- 

 posited singly. 



Distribution: 

 Europe, 

 Henschel, G. a. O. Die Schadlichen Forst und Obstbaum-Insekten, 1895, p. 315. 



Virachola insocrates Fabrieius. 



(The Araar Caterpillar. Lycfenidse; Lepidoptera.) 



Hosts: Pomegranate, guaA'a, loquat, and wild fruit. 

 Injury: Lume occasion considerable injury by feeding in the fruit. 

 Biology: Eggs deposited singly on flowers; caterpillar on hatching bores into the 

 fruit, feeding on the hard seed; pupates over the base of fruit. (See text fig. 61.) 

 Distribution: India. 



Maxwell-Lefroy. H. Indian Insect Pests, 1906, p. 179. 



Orgyia gonostigma Fabrieius. 



(Brush Spinner; Corner spot. Lymantriidse; Lepidoptera.) 



Hosts: Orchard and other trees. 



Injury: Defoliation. 



Description and biology: Adult male, forewing 13-15 mm.; olive brown with white 

 spots, on the front and inner margins toward the base long orange wavy lines, basal 

 portion, and a spot on the oblique vein, piu-ple brown, fringe between veins black 

 spotted; hind wing brownish black. First generation June and July, second. Septem- 

 ber (Germany). Pupates between leaves and in crevices. Lari'a of male. 52 mm. 



Fig. 61. 



-The Amar caterpillar (Virachola insocrates): Adult and larva. 

 (Maxwell-Lefroy. ) 



