220 



INSECTS INJURIOUS TO THE CHERRY. 



ATTAOEING THE TEUIT, 



No. 118.— The Cherry Bug. 



Metapodius femoratus (Fabr.). 



Fig. 225. 



This insect, which belongs to 

 the order Hemiptera, is said to 

 injure the fruit of the cherry 

 in the Western States by punc- 

 turing it with its beak and 

 sucking the juices. It is rep- 

 resented in Fig. 225. It is 

 said to attack only the sweet 

 varieties of cherry. 



SUPPLEMENTAEY LIST OF INJURIOUS INSECTS WHICH 



AFFECT THE CHEEEY. 



ATTACKING THE ROOTS. 



The larva of the stag-beetle, No. 5, also that of the rough 

 Osmoderma, No. 8, occasionally injure the roots of the cherry, 

 but chiej3y aifect those trees which are old and decaying. 



ATTACKING THE BRANCHES. 



The apple-twig borer, No. 13 ; the imbricated snout-beetle, 

 No. 14; and the New York weevil, No. 100. 



ATTACKING THE LEAVES. 



The leaves of the cherry-tree suffer from all the following : 

 the apple-tree tent-caterpillar, No. 20 ; the forest tent-cater- 

 pillar. No. 21 ; the white-marked tussock-moth, No. 22 ; the 

 red-humped apple-tree caterpillar. No. 24; the canker-worms, 

 Nos. 25 and 26 ; the fall web-worm, No. 27 ; the Cecropia 

 emperor-moth, No. 28; the turnus swallow-tail, No. 30; the 



