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Ific scfornl in Aufi;iist iu\<\ Scplcrnhrr. I'our hrooHs fiavo 

 Ix'cn (>f>s('rvf;(l rif'!ir WiisfiiriMlon, tlir- rriirx-, f>r-in^ rnafJc in May, 

 .July, August, ;iM<l S(f)t crrihfr ; Uic lifc-ryflc f>f ;i, jr(;ri{;ratioT) 

 \v;is ;if)oiil .'»;> (l;iy-. Tfif 1 r;i.nsforrn;i1 ion t firouji;}/ thf tiny, 

 ^rccnisli-Urovvn [>up;<' ocriirs in tlif rnir)'-:-. In auturriri t}j(j 

 mines arc licnvily lined wilfi vvliitc silk .'irxl the liltlf; cat(;rpil- 

 larH paHK ihc winter- tlieicin on the r;illcn leaves. The jiHult, 

 iris(U!t, is ;i, tiny Tinei'l rriotli vvith -liininM- H;irk brown front 

 win^s, linked with purpli.-h ;uifl <lij.-:te(| witli ();i,lc yellowish 

 sealcs n''iji;. 7i'>). 'I hey rrieMSure ;i,eross expjuxled winii;s only 

 about, { of an ineh. 

 Sorn(;tinn(!S the 

 mines nre so nu- 

 merous ;is to in- 

 volve muel) of thr' 

 |e;if, wliieh eijrls 

 •,u\({ fin;i,lly drops 2 -// y ^^ 



or ^> weeks enrlier yi<,.7r>. Thf. trufnjH^t, |c;if'-rnin( r rrif,tfi f / 10;. 



th;in usu.'il, thus 



f)reventin^ the full (levelo[)ment, of the fruit .'irid reducing 

 the vitidity of the tree. Sixty-ei^ht e;i,t erpillars h;i,ve b(3en 

 found working on ;i single le;if. On lar^(; tr(!(;s, the foliaj!;^; 

 on the hi}i;hef br;inehes i,^ usu;illy more seriously infested. 



The f.'ivorile food-pl;ird of this native le;d"-miner is the eultj- 

 vat/cd {i,pf>le, but it, ;ilso breeds on native cni\) and haw tn^es. 

 'Hie trumpet -sh;iped mines in the leaves of blaekf>erry and 

 rasf)berry usually idtributcd to this inHoct are now eonsidorcd 

 to be tfi(! work of two other speeies, Ww Tischeria (imm and 

 roiidicold of Vn-y and I)oll. 



At least half a dozen tiny liymeno|)t erous f)arasites destroy 

 many of th(;s(! miners, thus doin^ mueli to prev(;nt, the insect 

 from increasing to destructive numbers. 



Uemedial treatment. 



As this insect hibernates on the fallen leaves, many of them 



