INSECTS IXFESTING THE RASPBERRY. 



CHAP. ' CHAP. 



The Kaspberry-root Borer (JE'jeria ndn'). .123 The Negro Bug (Corimelcena pulicaria). . .129 



The Raspberry-root Gall-fly (Rhodites radi- \ 



riDo) 124 I The following insects also infest the Rasp- 



The Raspberrj' Borer {Agiihtu ruficollvi). . . 125 I berry : 



The Raspberry Span-worm {Aphdes ntbi- , The Rose Scale (DiaspU rosie). 



rorn) 126 ' The Blackberry Cane-borer (Oberea trifninc- 



The Raspbero' Leaf-rojler {Exartema per- 



miindana) 127 



The Raspberry Ai>his (.Siplionophora rubi).l'2S 



lata). 

 The Snowy Tree Cricket (CEcan/Awx nheuf:). 



chaptp:r cxxtii. 



The Raspberry-root Borer. (Cal.) 



{jEyeria ruhi. — IJilcy. ) 



Order, [.epidoi-tkha : Family. Jm;kki]).k. 



[Living in the .stems and roots ol' ras|ilKriv and Idackbi^rrv 

 bushes; a pale yellow sixteen-le^iged larva. J 



Fig. 196. I'ig- l'")^'. — Raspberry -root Borer — 



colors. l)r(>wn. black, and yellow : a. the 

 male moth : /». the female. 



The perfect insect (Fig. 11K3J exjiands 

 from one inch to one inch and three 

 lines, and is of a black color, marked 

 with gray, as follows: A narrow ring 

 around the neck, the hind third of the 

 alxloniinal segments ; a row of tufts on 

 tlu' Itack. and anotlier row along each 

 sidi' of the alidomeii. besides a few 

 streaks on the thorax. 

 The eggs from which these borers hatch arc dejiosited upon 



