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readily applied to small trees, by means of such a bellows 

 as is employed to spread sulphur on grape-vines (Fig. 113). 

 Such bellows may be obtained at most hardware stores. 



Fig. 113. 



ft] 



A sulphur-bellows. 



The Red-humped prominent Caterpillar. This formida- 

 ble depredator denominated scientifically Notodonta con- 

 cinna is rarely met with in many States ; these caterpillars 

 seem to have a preference for rose-bushes and pear-trees 

 When full-grown, they are about one and a quarter to two 

 inches long, having no sting, no irritating hairs or prickles, 

 such as are found on a few of our rarer worms ; and 

 they will not even bite, Fig> 114t 



however much we may 

 irritate and torment 

 them. Fig. 114 repre- 

 sents the full - grown 

 Red-humped larva feed- 

 ing On the edge of a The Red-humped Caterpillar. 



leaf. Fig. 115 represents the parent insect, or moth, with 



wings. Wherever this in- 

 vader appears, the worms 

 are extensively found, be- 

 cause the mother-moth de- 

 posits a veiy large number 

 of eggs upon a single leaf. 

 As these larvae are grega- 

 rious throughout their en- 



Pareut moth of Red-humped Caterpillar, tire existence, and do not 



Fig. 115. 



