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color; (3) winged females, quite small, ovate with trans- 

 parent wings containing yellow veins. 



Plants Injured. — lied clover, orange, melon, purslane, 

 morning-glory, cotton, pear, dwarf bean. 



Remedies. — Spraying with kerosene emulsion and 

 pyrethrum. 



Melon Worm; Melon Borer {Margaronia hyalinata, 

 Linn.). — These worms bore into the melon and eat long, 



irregular holes, caus- 

 ing the rind to sour 

 and decay. The eggs 

 are laid on the vines 

 early in the season 

 by a moth with 

 white transparent 

 wings containing 

 black borders. The 

 first brood hatched 

 feeds on the vines 

 a n d leaves, while 

 the second and fol- 

 lowing broods de- 

 stroy the fruit. 



Plants Injured. — 

 Melons, cucumbers. 



Remedies. 

 Spraying of Paris 

 green during the 

 time the first brood 

 is eating. After the worms enter the fruit, poisoning will 

 not avail, and it will become necessary to destroy the 

 fruit infested. 



The Peach-Tree Borer (Sannina exitiosa). — The moth 

 comes abroad from midsummer until October. Its body 



Fig. 37 — Margaronia 

 coons and adults. 

 IT. S. Dept. Agri. 



hyalinata. Larva. Co- 

 Comstock, Div. Ent. 



