EXPLANATION OF PLATE XLIV. 



I'll IHORIM.F.A OPERCULELLA. 

 Fig. i. Potato plant, showing injury to growing plant caused by larvx. 

 ,, 2. Moth resting on leaf. 

 ., j. Potato tuber showing evidence of larval attack in the masses of 



excrement at the eyes. There is also a cocoon on the tuber. 

 ,. 4. Tuber cut open showing damage done by larva. 

 ,, 5. Tuber cut open showing larval track and pupa. 

 ., '1 Young larva, magnified. 



7. Male moth, magnified. 

 ,, 8, 9. Female moths, magnified. 

 , 10. Pupa, magnified. 



11. Full grown larva, magnified. 



12. Eggs deposited at the eyes of a potato tuber, magnified. 



(The lines alongside the figures show the natural si/cs.) 



