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INSECTS INFESTING THE LOCUST TREE. 



When about to pupate it spins a cocoon in the h)wer part of 

 its burrow, and before the perfect moth emerges the pupa 

 works itself up to and partially out of the opening of its bur- 

 row, and while in this position the moth (Fig. 228) makes its 

 escape. 



Fig. 228. — Lo- Fisr. 228. 



cust Carpenter 

 Moth (female)— 

 colors, gray and 

 l.)lack. 



The sexes ditier 

 widely from each 

 oth<^, Ijoth in 

 size and color. 

 The female is 

 the largest, ex- 

 panding from 



two inches to two inches and six lines; the wings are gray, 

 dotted with black and marked with a network of black lines. 



The male moth expands onh' about an inch and six lines; 

 the wings are darker than those of the female, and there is a 

 large yellow spot on each hind wing. This species is very 

 destructive to locust trees. 



Remedy. — Use No. 37. 



CHAPTER CLIII. 

 The Legless Locust Borer. (Cal.) 

 ( Chjtus whin in. — Forster. ) 

 Order, Coi.eoi'TEKA : Family, Cekamhycid.e. 



j I'xiring into llic ti'unks ami l)ranches ol'tlu' locust tree; a 

 nearly footless whitish grub, about one inch long and as thick 

 as a goose-(piill. | 



When young this borer lives in the sap-wood, but as it 

 grows h)nger it l)urrows into the solid wood, })crforating it in 

 every direction. At first it casts its chips out of the opening 



