ENTOMOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT, 



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a hill gave the best results as to quality and quantity of large marketable 

 potatoes : 



* Potatoes were planted June 2. 



We intend to continue this experiment through a series of years. 



SAM'L JOHXSON, 



Agricultural College. ) Professor of Agriculture (tnd 



Ajoril 10, 1886, j Superintendetit of the Farm. 



NO. 14.— ENTOMOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT. 



THE CODLING MOTH AND BARK LOUSE. 



CoDLiiiTG Moth. Carpocapsa po?no}ieUa Limi. — This insect, though so well 

 known as a larva — the ''apple worm" — is not familiar even to many of our 

 wisest fruit growers in its mature or moth state. Hence the desirability of 

 a brief description of its size, markings and habits, even in a paper written 

 wholly to give practical instruction to practical folks. 



(Fig. 1.) 



The moth (Fig. 1, f and g) is accurately represented in the figure, in 

 form and size. The main color is gray flecked with darker dots and bars. 



