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blossoms of peach, pear, apple and cherry are attacked and the 

 settings of fruit totally destroyed. Those trees in the orchard 

 immediateh' adjoining rough land suffer most, it would appear, 

 for in such uncultivated places the nests of the species may be 

 found. It is particularly interesting to note that no aphids exist 

 on the trees at the time the fruit is in bloom, consequently the 

 nectar remains the sole attraction. Later in the summer the ants 

 attend the aphids of the Cottonwood poplars. Certain Tischeria 

 Leaf-miners of the apple are noticeably worse in orchards near 

 the timber line, and certain Bud Weevils are adopting fruit trees 

 as hosts following the destruction of their own food plants. Slugs, 

 while not insects, are animals very commonly found in the moist 

 alluvial soil of the Lower Fraser Valley, and may frequently be 

 observed under decaying leaves and vegetation in the "bush." 

 Injury has been observed to young corn (maize) plantations in 

 the spring by these animals and their presence is indicated by the 

 peculiar slimy remains about the plants and the "shredding" of 

 the young tender leaf shoots. 



Most of these insects mentioned, it will be seen, are especially 

 related to the forest or virgin lands of the Province, and this 

 relation constitutes a remarkably interesting phase of the study 

 of economic entomology in the West. The majority of the more 

 important orchards pests of British Columbia are identical with 

 those in other Provinces of the Dominion, and their life histories 

 are very similar only in some cases slight variations occur owing 

 to differences in climatic conditions. But as these variations 

 take place within the Province itself, specific insects will, it is 

 hoped, be dealt with on subsequent occasions. 



LIFE HISTORIES OF NORTH AMERICAN TINEINA. 



BY ANNETTE F. BRAUN, CINCINNATI, O. 



Choreutis inflatella Clemens. 



Brenthia inflatella Clem., Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil., II, 5, 1863; 

 Tin. No. Am., 209, 1872. 



Var. virginiella Clem., Proc._Ent. Soc. Phil., Ill, 505, 1864; 

 Tin. No. Ani., 257, 1872. 



Choreutis inflatella, var. virginiella, Dyar, List N. A. Lep., 



April, 191.5 



