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no manure be applied at the time to lurnisli |)laees for the 

 larvfe to hibernate. 



4. That elover infested during the spring be cut as early 

 as practicable, while the larvae are in the heads, handled as 

 carefully as possible to prevent shaking larvae from the 

 heads and stored in stacks or barns, the larvte being found 

 to perish under such treatment. 



5. When ready to change from cl()\'er to ; 

 plow under some time in October, Xo\ember, 

 spring burying the larvae as deeply as possible 

 harrow to pack the surface. 



Several parasites have been reared which ^^i 

 reducing numbers under ordinary conditions. 



lothcr crop 

 or in early 

 and roll or 



assist in 



Vui. ni. — Tinea prUnimUn 

 (From KilcN, 1 



;ulult; liirva; larva in case — enlarged. 

 V. Knt., V. S. Dept. Ag.) 



Family Tineidse. — The family Tincid(r includes very 

 minute moths which have slender wings and usually with 

 the wings very broadly fringed, and is a specialization or 

 modification from the typical broader wings. The>^ are 

 \ery delicate, mostly very minute and the more abundant 

 outdoor forms are leaf-miners, the lar\'ce li\ing between the 

 epidermal layers of the leaf and feeding upon the pulp of 

 the leaf. Some form galls. The tough part of the leaf is 

 protective at least to a degree. Some also construct cigar- 

 shaped cases and are known as case-bearers. The best- 



