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INSECTS INJURIOUS TO THE APPLE. 



panded, about four inches across. (See Fig. 80.) The wing^ 

 are of a rich, pale lemon-yellow color, banded and bordered 

 with black; on the fore wings are four black bars, the inner 

 one extending entirely across the wing, the outer ones be- 

 coming shorter as they approach the apex. The front mar- 

 gin is edged with black, and the outer margin has a wide 

 border of the same, in which is set a row of eight or nine 

 pale-yellow spots, the lower ones less distinct. 



Fig. 80 



The hind wings are crossed by a streak of black, which is 

 almost a continuation of the inner band on the fore wings; 

 there is a short black streak a little beyond, and a wide black 

 border, widening as it approaches the inner angle of the 

 wing. Enclosed within this border, and towards its outer 

 edge, are six lunular spots, the upper and lower ones reddish, 

 the others yellow ; above and about these spots, and especially 

 towards the inner angle of the wing, the black bordering is 

 thickly powdered with blue scales. The outer margin of the 

 hind wings is scalloped and partly edged with yellow ; the 

 inner margin is bordered with brownish black for about two- 



