Insects, etc., Injwriom to the Plum. 



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iVoni the shigwovm attack, also, in tliat tlic damaged areas are 

 smaller and usually souicwliat rounded in form. Tliey l.ecome brown, 

 giving the lea\-es a sjiotted a].]iparauee wliicli iu the. distance might 

 be taken to be some fungus \\-ork. As the larva- grow they become 

 more ravenou.s and eat out large holes in the leaves which shrivel 

 up, and the tree preseids a scorched appearance (Fjgs. i'4o and j!46). 



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Lii'e-Histiii;y axji Habits. 



The parent of these leaf-destroyers appears in May, sometimes 

 early in the month, at otliers even as late as June. The female 

 is black ; the thorax sldny with scattered greyisli ilown, and two 

 dull white spots. The abdomen is mainl}' lilack, with scattered 

 pale, very fine hairs. Legs white, except h)r the middle of the 

 femora, apex of til)ia=' and posterior tarsi which are black, Ijut much 

 variation exists, sometimes the femora, are all white, at others all 



