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describing the moth, its transformation and ravages, and declaring 

 an experiment where the larvae had gone through its various 

 transformations while confined in a box. The author goes on to 

 state, that, ' Our specimens did not appear in the winged state 

 until July of the following year ; but Reaumus says that they 

 assumed the perfect state on the 15th of August, having been only a 

 month from the time of their quitting the apples. ' With a view 

 of setting this point at rest it is very desirable that all having 

 an interest in tlie matter should conduct experiments and make 

 observation on it during the coming season, as it is only by united 

 action that any definite conclusion can be arrived at. Althouo-h 

 the presence of this Moth in the southern parts of the Island "is 

 of recent date, it has been in the northern for more than 20 

 years. Its prevalence in Hobart Town is attributed by many to 

 some infected plums which were received from the North a few 

 years ago. If this is really a fact it is a curious one, for I am not 

 aware that the codlin moth is known to attack plums in England 

 or America ; there is, in both countries, a special moth, Tortrex or 

 Carpocapsa nigricana which attacks plums to a serious extent, eating 

 nearly into the stones, and causing the plums to fall prematurely. 

 Whether it is possible that the two are present in Tasmania, and 

 are confounded together in our orchards I am not prepared to 

 say. It is a point that can only be satisfactorily determined by 

 securing some of the infected plums next season, and confining 

 the larvae till the moth appears, when it would be easy to determine 

 to what species it belongs. Perhaps the information that would be 

 most acceptable just now, to the majority of readers would be 

 such as would enable them to subdue or check the spread of the 

 moth. I am conscious of being unable to suggest anything new 

 on this head, and can only repeat such as are well known to 

 most cultivators. Perhaps the most effectual is that of attacking 

 the larvae in their homes ; this may be done in the winter months, 

 by thoroughly scraping (with some blunt instrument, such as a 

 ship's deck scraper) all the loose bark and effete matter from the 

 trees ; this should be thoroughly done, using actual force in 

 some cases to tear oft' the old bark, when this has been done the 

 loose bark should be collected and burnt to make sure of 

 destroying the larvae. The tree should then be dressed, on such 

 parts of it having cracks or fissures, with some mixture that 

 will set sufticiently hard to prevent any larvae that may have escaped 

 from obtaining an exit. There are many mixtures that may suggest 

 themselves, but perhaps the following is as good as any: — Mix 

 powdered dry clay with sufiicient coal tar to form a thick paint, 

 and work this mixture well into all cracks or crevices with a 

 painters' brush. If this operation is properly performed there will 

 be very few larvae on the trees that will escape. A method 

 commonly adopted in the spring or early summer months for 

 destroying the moths is that of suspending lanterns in various 

 parts of the garden with a view of decoying the moths. The 

 lanterns should be smeared with some glutinous substance such as 

 linseed oil, or have a saucer of the same suspended beneath them.. 

 In England and Wales lanterns for this purpose are often 

 constructed by tying a few willow or other twigs into a frame 



