338 TLUM. 



paper, for prevention and remedy of infestation of Winter 

 Moth, are equally desirable for prevention of damage from 

 attack of Mottled Umber. 



Winter Moth; Evesham Moth. Che'matohia In-muita, Linn. 



Winter Moth (Chciniatohia bnnnata) : male and wingless females. 



The "Winter Moth" is not quite accurately described by 

 either of its English names, for though it may be found in 

 great numbers, still going up the trees towards the end of 

 November, yet precautions against it (if they are to be of real 

 service) should be taken fully five weeks earlier ; and though 

 a notable pest in the neighbourhood of Evesham, it is by no 

 means confined to that district. Also some amount of 

 appearance of the moths is to be expected about the end of 

 March. 



It is perhaps the most injurious of all our orchard insects. 

 The caterpillars prey on the leafage and buds of Plum, Apple, 

 Pear, Cherry, and other fruit trees, and during the last few 

 years have been recorded at the Toddington Fruit-grounds, as 

 likewise infesting the Currant bushes planted beneath the 

 orchard trees. 



The male moths are of the size here figured ; the fore wings 

 ash-grey, or of a grey-brown with an ochry tinge, marked 

 with several transverse bars or bands ; the hind wings pale, 

 or of a greyish white. 



The female moths are dusky grey, not absolutely wingless, 

 but furnished merely with abortive wings too small to be of 

 any service in flying. The fore pairs are marked with two 

 cross streaks on each, the hinder pair with an indistinct 

 streak. The abdomen is very large in proportion to the fore 

 body, so as with the long legs to give the insect very much 

 the appearance of a spider. 



About the middle of October (one of the earliest observations 

 of capture sent me was the 19th of the month) the female 

 Winter Moths come out from the chrysalis cases beneath the 

 trees, where they developed from the caterpillars that went 

 down in summer, and creep up the stems to lay their eggs. 



