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‘ ,       of the front wings golden, the bases gray. A silvery streak extends
eq _`   I inward from both anterior and posterior margins of the front wing
    »     toward the tip, but they do not meet.
- ··=~ “’    The insect is not very common in Kentucky, and those I have
"   E secured have been badl infested with a small Yellow and black
-. »   .._s· lg Hymeno iterous arasite with a blackish s ot on each front win
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  . ` ·   and a cou le of black cross bands on the abdomen. I do not find
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W? Ig;   this arasite mentioned in works relatrn to the sub`eet. Its
  _»_i, 1 t`‘‘   5 · abundance may explain the rather infrequent occurrence of the
  1  E host insect. 4
        . 4 ‘THE APPLE, LEAF-SIIELETONIZER.
  ’,.‘     (Oanarsla hammondl).
  iii in  Nurser trees and sometimes oun¤· trees recentl trans Jlanted
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  L from the nursery are badly gnawed some seasons in Kentucky by
 if   a brown larva, becoming finally about one-half inch long, living,
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  ei ; often a number together, 1n the grooves above the mid-ribs
    l of the leaves under a light silken web. Sometimes it draws several
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ifi-`;;<<;~ i,‘‘ ‘_e.;;ll_‘· i leaves to ether and lives concealed among them. This insect feeds
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Q__—¥f;-  i upon the green substance of the leaves only, leaving finally only
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{iii-j_i_:·‘=¤;$;g ( pv. the veins and vemlets, the foliage at a distance then appearing as
i· ;-1.; -eQ;sg1;;s;_   . .
¥ —`-=.·_i ;:;-;·:;§;;;;-   if scorched by {ire. Whole blocks of young trees in the nursery 4,
  1 may become thus injured. In the orchard it is less often Seen,
 @2+ i and then appears most frequently on rather young trees.
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  . The leaf-skeletonizer occurs throughout much of Kentucky,
  g having been observed about Lexington at times since 1891, and
  I since 1897, when the writer began the inspection of nurseries, has
  l been found throughout the State westward to the Mississippi
    River. The same insect is well known in the upper Mississippi
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  5 Valley from its injuries to apple trees, but eastward appears to be
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      less well known.
  1 The larva