f§f OHULK UJ>ll>UPTi^A. 



Tortiicidae. 



LEAP-UOLLKU.S. 



Tiic insrrls of this Tamilx mostly have tht* habtt of rulliog up the young Iravcs of trrn, 

 either »u«> ur luurv in a !>iuslf mil, ami conllaiuK tlirrii uilh ^ilken threads. 1 hry an- small, 

 •ehioiii in till- litrval stale cxrci-tlin'.; an inch in It-ni^th. Th<- inoth is n<>ciurnul, rmall, 

 usimllv Kray ami (il><«currly )mnii«-<l, rurrly uruiirnrnlctl with hritht color*. The lar^r have 

 sistct-n legs rnrh.Hnd tluir ImmIhs art- nakol, ^r only cloth) cl with a few hairs in tufts : 

 Ihoy spin a thrt-ailorsilk t'n>m the ni<>uth, with which, wlun ({istiirU-<i, thct It-t thcnisrlvi-s 

 partly «!own to thi* Kmuml, whi-rt- thi-y remain su-siK-mlid until the danger is past. The 

 mi>th. though small, is hruadt-r acn>s9 the forepart than In those of other famUies. Thrjr 

 Inflict serjt'us injuries upon trees, by feeding on the buds and blossoms. 



I^\oTxxiA RosACEANA ? Rott Ltof-TolUr. ( Plate vi, fig.s. 8-11.) 



Color light brow n, grnyish brown, licht cinnamon-brown. Konwinns traversed by two or 

 three narmw l«r>wn Iwintis : wlien the wings are close<i, the bands form a cjuadranfru- 

 lur figure on the Itack ; thes<r liands are variable, as well as the colors of the moth. 

 Hindwinss jellowish white or c;rayish yellow. Kxpanso of wing aUmt one inch. 

 The larva is green, nake<l : head bn>wnish, smr>oih, glossy : rings of the iuteKumrnt 

 sheathing the head, yellowish white : six true legs, eight middle and two prop-li-gs. 

 At the extremity of the abdomen, two or three small greenish warts, which give 

 origin to a few hairs. Feeds upon plum, rose, and other havf s and flowers. I^argest, 

 three quarters of an inch h>ng ; Sometimes one inch, but usually a little lea : the 

 figure is smaller than common. 

 The pupa is brown, enclos«'d in the rolled leaves, and suspended by the tail. 

 This is a very troublesome insect. In my garden, the larva' everv- year destn>y most of 

 the plum.* on a fine tree, U-sides checking the regular growth of the young limbs, which, 

 when the buds arc destroyed, never grow more than an inch or two in the spring ; and the 

 efferls of the injects arc also seen in the knotty condition of the young shoots. The eggs 

 are laid in |>atches upon the Imrk in tlie month of June or July, where tliey remain until 

 the tr«M' l<egins to put forth its leaves, when the larve make their appearance, and almost 

 every twig has l»een for some years infested with them. 



The best way to dral with this sjKcies of Tortrii, is to rub the b.irk of the trunk and 

 limbs of the tree with a knife or s<.>me other pn)per instnunent, by which means the eggs 

 will be destroyed ; and then wash the bark thoroughly with an alkaline solution, or with 

 whale-oil soap : or if the trunk and limbs arc whitewashed in the autumn or spring. Just 



