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2Egeria exitiosa, Say. The Peach-tree Borer. 
The larva is of a pale yellow color, with the second segment pale 
yellowish-brown. The head is of a reddish color, with black maik- 
ings, divided into two lobes by a depressed line. On each segment 
there are a few wart-like spots, from which arise short brownish or 
reddish hairs. The stomata are small, roundish, and of a dull 
reddish color. The true legs are tipped with black; the pro-legs 
are yellow, with black dots. The last two segments shut into each 
other like joints of a telescope. Length, over half an inch; nearly 
a quarter of an inch in diameter. , 
The larva works downward beneath the surface ot the ground, 
destroying the bark and sap-wood of the Peach and Plum tiees. 
It appears as a moth from June to October. 
^Egeria cucurbits, Harris. The Squash-vine Borer. 
Soft, fleshy, whitish, and tapering toward each extremity. Head 
small; color variable from pale to brown, with a black V mark 
on the face, retractile. The legs are short and the pro-legs aie 
wanting, hut are replaced by a double row of hooks beneath each 
segment. A brown, horny shield on the first segment back of the 
head. There is, on the lower edge of the abdomen, a row of 
orange-tinted tubercles, and the last segment is tipped with brown 
or black. Length, from one to one and a quarter inches 
Bores into the stalk of the Squash and Pumpkin, and kills the 
vine by devouring the interior. 
It forms a cocoon in the earth, of a gummy substance, covered 
with rubbish. 
^Egeria tipuliformis. The Currant-borer. 
The larva is a whitish grub, with brown head and legs. 
It burrows lengthwise in the stems of the currant, being found 
principally in the red currant, though the black currant and the 
gooseberry are attacked. 
The moth appears in June. 
iEGERiA pyri, Harris. The Pear-tree borer. 
The larva burrows under the bark of the Pear tree, and has 
habits similar to JE. exitiosa. . , 
The moth has transparent wings, marked and fringed with purplish 
black, and with a dark coppery-tinted band across the tips. It has 
a fan-like brush at the tip of the abdomen, and a yellow band across 
the middle. 
