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INSECTS INJURIOUS TO THE PLUM. 



an irregular grayish patch on each side. On the twelfth 

 segment there is a low, fleshy ridge, tinted behind with deep 

 reddish brown ; there is also an oblique stripe on this segment 

 of the same color, extending forward. Along the sides of the 

 body, and close to the under surface, there is a thick fringe 

 of short, fleshy-looking hairs of a delicate pink color. The 

 under side is also pink, deeper in color along the middle, with 

 a central row of nearly round black spots, which are largest 

 from the seventh to the eleventh segment inclusive. The 

 anterior segments are greenish white, tinted with rosy pink 

 along the middle. 



About the third week in June this larva becomes full 

 grown, when, fastening together a few leaves with some 

 silken fibres, it changes within this enclosure to a brown 

 chrysalis, from which the perfect insect escapes in about three 

 weeks. 



The moth (Fig. 189) has the fore wings of a rich umber 



Fig. 189. 





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color, darkest on the hind margin, with a broad, diiFused ash- 

 colored band along the middle, not extending to the apex^ 

 which is brown. Tiiere are also several zigzag lines" of brown 

 and white crossing these wings. The hind wings are deep 

 red, with a wide black band along the outer margin, and a 

 narrower band of the same color across the middle. The moth 

 is on the wing during the greater part of July and August, 

 during which period the eggs are deposited for the succeeding^ 

 brood. 



