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NUT. — PEAR. 



of quick-lime or gas-lime under the Filbert trees whilst his 

 companion beats do^Yn the weevils. 



It is desirable to remove all Nuts that fall before their proper 

 time, that the maggot inside may thus be carried away before 

 it has bored its way out ; and also, looking at the powers of 

 flight of the weevils, it would be well not to have many Hazel 

 Nut bushes in copses adjacent to Filbert ground. 



PEAR. 



Wood Leopard Moth. Zeuzera asculi, Linn. 



Leopard Moth. Female, head oi male, and caterpillar. 



The caterpillars of this moth feed in the live wood of many 

 kinds of trees. They are to be found in Pear, Apple, Plum, 

 and Walnut ; also in Ash, Beech, Birch, Elm, Holly, Lime, 

 Oak, and others, besides Horse Chestnut {Mscidus hippocas- 

 tanum), from which the moth takes its specific name, though 

 not appropriately, as it rarely attacks this tree. 



The eggs are laid during July, or later in the summer, in 

 crevices of the bark, and on the branches as well as the trunk 

 of the trees ; these eggs are oval and salmon-coloured, and as 

 many as three hundred have been seen laid by one moth. The 

 caterpillars, which soon hatch, feed at first in the bark, but 

 not long afterwards they make their way into the live wood, 

 where they bore galleries rather wider than themselves, and 

 as much as a foot in length. When full grown they are about 



