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mies increase more rapidly upon abundance, than they do^ 

 and, after overpowering them, jdmost die ont also, and then 

 the caterpillar gains ground again. The same means of 

 killing should be employed as before. 

 Next to the caterpillar comes the 



Web Worm. 

 Hyphantrhi textor, Harris. 



This is often supposed to be the second brood of the 

 Tent caterpillar, but is a different species altogether. The 

 last of July a small white moth lays her eggs upon the end 

 leaf of a branch, which soon hatch. The young enclose the 

 end of the branch in their web, feeding only upon the pulpy 

 parts of the leaf, leaving the skeleton behind. They extend 

 tlie web over other leaves as soon as they are needed for 

 food. When fully grown, they descend the tree, and pass^ 

 the winter in the pupa state in the ground. 



The best way to rid your trees of this pest, is to clip off 

 the end of the branch as soon as the worm appears. On no 

 account delay, as if you do, they will slip through your fin- 

 gers, and much increase your labors the next season. If 

 they are neglected until they^cover more than you desire to 

 prune away, kill as you do the Tent caterpillar. This you 

 can do at any time, as they never leave their tent as the 

 others do, but extend it as they desire more food. 



The Currant Worm. 

 Nematus ventricosus^ King. 

 This, like the caterpillar, needs no description, as it may 

 be found in its season upon currant and gooseberry bushes,, 

 in all parts of the State. 



