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INSECTS INJURIOUS TO THE MELON. 



cocoons in a fold of tlie leaf of the melon, as shown in the 

 figure, or on any other plant growing near by, and change 

 to slender, brown chrysalids, about three-quarters of an inch 

 long, from M'hich, in a short time, the perfect insect is pro- 

 duced. 



The moth, which is also represented in Fig. 377, is very 

 beautiful. The wings are of a pearly-white color, with a 



Fig. 377. 



peculiar iridescence, bordered with black, and they measure, 

 when expanded, about an inch across. The body and legs 

 are of the same glistening white, and the abdomen terminates 

 in a movable brush-like tuft of a pretty buff color, tipped 

 with white and black. The number of broods of this insect 

 during the year has not been definitely ascertained ; the winter 

 is passed in the chrysalis state. 



