68 DESTRUCTIVE INSECTS OF VICTORIA. 



tlie stem, as is often done in the case of treating for 

 peach aphis, &c. 



As this new pest of the orange is happily of rare 

 occurrence, we may not be much troubled with it, but 

 being an indigenous moth we can hardly expect to get rid 

 of it altogether. Now, however, that we know something 

 of its habits and life-history we may be able to at once 

 recognise it from the figures on the plate, and take steps 

 for its eradication. 



