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Celery Tortrix (Sericoris Mpartitana) . 



Mr. Davis mentions tliis species as feeding on the leaves of celery. 

 A gallery is made by drawing several leaves together. The larvae are 

 said by Mr. Davis, to be small, slender, and quite active; dark, greasy 

 brown in color, with a black shield on the thorax, and the legs and 

 plate on the anal segment black. There are four shining dots on the 

 upper part of each segment forming a square. The adult moth is black 

 and white with dark posterior wings and light abdomen. The same 

 remedies should apply as in the case of the sulphur-colored Tortrix, 

 should there be sufficient need. 



Fig. 27. — Sulphur colored tortrix, enlarged. After G. C. Davis. 



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Fig. 28. — Celery tortrix, enlarged three times. A, adult; B, pupa. (After G. C. Davis.) 



Celery Borer {Phlyctaenia ferrugalis). 



In Bulletin 102 of this station, Mr. G. C. Davis describes the celery 

 borer. This insect is said to bore into the crown and to feed on the 

 leaves. The larva is described as being greenish, translucent and about 

 one inch long. The pupal stage is passed in a cocoon or web among the 

 leaves. Mr. Davis describes the insect as follows: ''The full-grown 



