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THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



THE CIGAR CASE-BEARER OF THE APPLE (COLEOPHORA 



FLETCHERELLA). 



BY JAMES FLETCHER, OTTAWA. 



FIG. 12 — CIGAR CASE-BEARERS AT WORK — NATURAL SIZF. 



(Figure copied from Cornell Bulletin, No. 93, by M. V. Slingerland.) 



In 1889 I received from the late William Brown, of Charlottetown, 

 P. E. I., some larvge of a small case-bearer, which he had foimd in large 

 numbers upon his plum trees, and which also occurred in his pear and 

 apple orchards. Since that time this insect has made itself well-known 

 by its injuries in apple orchards in various localities in the Maritime 

 Provinces, and in the Provinces of Quebec and Ontario. A beautifully 



