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Insect Pests. 



HEMIPTERA— co?ifi»»«Z. 



The Oyster-shell Bark Louse {Asjndiotns ostrewfornns). Bark, 



p. 386. 

 The Mussel Scale (Lepidosaphes iihni. Linn.). Bark, p. 165. 

 The Brown Scale (Lecanium caprco^. Linn.). Bark, p. 175. 

 The Fruit Leaf Hoppers {CJdorita viridida, Fall., and C. flavescens, 



Fab.). Foliage, p. 392. 

 The Oak Leaf Hopper {Typldocyha qucrcus. Fab.). Foliage, p. 391. 



ACAEIXA. 



The Plum Leaf Gall Mites (Plujtoptns phla'copfes, Nal., and P. ^Jrtf?*, 



Nal.). Foliage, p. 398. 

 The Eed Spider {Tctranychus tclarins. Linn.). Foliage, p. 397. 

 Beetle Mites {Oribatidct), p. 401. 



THE EARLY MOTH. 



(H //hernia rupkaprdrid. Hb.) 



jSTow and again the looper caterpillars of this geometer are found 



in some numbers on plums, damsons and bullaces. Its normal food 



plants are hawthorn and 

 blackthorn. 



The moth occurs in 

 January and February. 

 The male has grey-brown 

 fore wings with a broad 

 dark area across the 

 middle, the edges dark 

 and notched, with a dark 

 spot in the middle ; the 

 hind wings are whitish- 

 grey, with a dark central 

 spot above the middle 

 and crossed by an in- 

 distinct grey streak ; the 

 wing expanse about 1\ 

 inch. The female is 

 almost wingless, the 



stumps of wings are greyish, Avith a dark line on the front pair, and 



a very slender streak across the hind pair. 



The caterpillar is green to bluish-green, with a pale green back, 



the front of each segment darkened and a wdiite line on each side. 

 When mature they fall from the leaves and pupate in the soil. 



IF. E'h'Hilea. 

 FIG. 235.— THE EARLY MOTH {llijheniia mpicapraria). 

 A, male ; B, female ; C, larva ; D, pupte ; E, cocoons. 



