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July, and the snuff- colored unoth enters our windows -at night, 

 in company with a host of night-flying moths. These large 



254. Apple Borer, Larva and Pupa. 



moths, many of which are injurious to crops, are commonly 

 thought to feed on clothes and carpets. The true carpet and 

 clothes moths are minute species, which flutter 

 noiselessly about our apartments. Their nar 

 row, feathery wings are edged with long silken 

 fringes, and almost the slightest touch kills 

 them. 



Among beetles, the various borers, such as 

 the Saperda, or -apple tree borer (Fig. 254) are 

 255. Lady Bug now pa i r i n or ? anc i fl y j u the hot sun about trees. 

 upa * Nearly each tree has its peculiar, euemy, which 

 drives its galleries into the 

 trunk and branches of the 

 tree. Among the Tiger 

 beetles, frequenting sandy 

 places, the large Cicindela 

 generosa and the Cicindela hirticollis are most common. The 

 grotesque larvaB live in deep holes 

 in sand-banks. 



The nine-spotted Lady Bug, Coc- 

 cinella novcmnotata (Fig. 255, with 

 pupa) is one of a large group of 

 beetles, most beneficial from their 

 habit of feeding on the plant lice. 

 We figure another enemy of the 

 Aphides, Chrysopa, and its eggs (Fig. 256), mounted each on a 

 long silken stalk, thus placed above the reach of harm. 



256. Lace- winged Fly and Eggs. 



257. Forceps-tail. 



