Gelechiidse 
from this paper that we have been with great kindness per¬ 
mitted to draw the illustrations which are herewith given. 
As a means of combating 
this pest, it has been recom¬ 
mended to spray the peach- 
trees, just as the leaves are 
beginning to open in the 
spring, with a solution of 
one pound of lime and one 
pound of Paris green mixed 
in two hundred gallons of 
water. It is also recom¬ 
mended to spray the trees in 
February, or even injanuary, 
with kerosene emulsion, 
which is said to penetrate 
the little burrows in which 
the larvae hibernate and kill 
them. The latter method is 
undoubtedly preferable. 
Fig. 246.— A. lineatella. a , moth with 
wings expanded; b, c, moths with wings 
folded. All figures enlarged. (After Marlatt, 
“ Bull. U. S. Dept. Agric.,” New Ser., No. 
10, p. 12.) 
CUPID’S CANDLE 
<e Round her flaming heart they hover, 
Lured by loveliness they go 
Moth-like, every man a lover, ' , / 
Captive to its gleam and glow. 
■- v v 
Old and young, the blind and blinking,-— 
Fascinated, frenzied things,— 
How they flutter, never thinking { 
What a doom awaits their wings! 
It is all the same old story,—- 
Pleasure hung upon a breath : 
Just a chance to taste of glory 
Draws a legion down to death. 
Fire is dangerous to handle; 
Love is an uncertain flame; 
But the game is worth the candle 
When the candle ’s worth the game! ” 
Felix Carmen, in Life , Voh XLT, p. 494. 
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