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broods in the course of the summer, and that they become 

 quite irregular. 



Lakva flesh-pink with grey raised dots, each of which 

 bears a rather long hair ; head and the divided dorsal plate 

 red-brown. When young paler, or white. 



July, August and September in apples, eating a hole right 

 through the fruit in order to feed on the pips ; if the seeds 

 of one apple are insufficient attacking another. The apples 

 thus "worm-eaten" fall before they are ripe, and quickl}' 

 become rotten ; the larva therefore becomes a most destruc- 

 tive pest, particularly as it shows excellent taste in the 

 selection of apples of the best kinds, yet does not despise 

 the common wild crab. Found also occasionally feeding in 

 the same manner in pears, and on the much smaller fruit of 

 Sorhis aria (white bean), and even on fig, walnut, and 

 common nuts. With us hybernating in a niche in a chink 

 of bark, and changing to a brown pupa in the same place ; 

 or under loose bark, or odd corners and chinks of wood or 

 flooring in an apple-store. 



In the warmer parts of North America, where several 

 broods are produced in the season, it is stated by Professor 

 Cockerell that in New Mexico they find plenty of food in 

 the hay season, since the late apples are not gathered till 

 October. He says that "Early in the season only a few 

 apples are wormy, but the number increases rapidly with 

 each brood, and the broods are quite irregular. Just now 

 (July 20) the second generation is pupating." 



Since the larva passes from one apple to another eating 

 only the pips, it has been found that by examining the 

 young apples on standard trees, and removing those the 

 skin of which is pierced onli/ on one side, the larva may be 

 secured and destroyed, and thus a portion of the crop 

 saved. 



The moth sits, during the day, on the trunks of apple- 



