ILLUSTRATIONS. 



PLATE. 



CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Inti'oduction 31 



History 31 



Original description; scientific name 32 



Common names 32 



I'ood plants; character and extent of injury 33 



Distribution 34 



Literature 34 



Life history and habits 35 



The egg 35 



The larva 1 36 



The pupa 39 



The adult _i 40 



Seasonal history 42 



Generations '. 42 



Length of the life cycle 44 



Natui'al enemies 44 



Preventives and remedies 45 



Bibliography 46 



Page. 



I'LATE YL The lesser peach borer (S!jiia)ithC(1oH i^ictipes). Fig. 1. — Male 

 and female moths. Fig. 2. — Cocoons as exposed by remo\ing 

 bark from trunk of peach tree. Fig. 3. — Trunk of 10-year- 

 old peach tree badly infested with the larvjie 34 



TEXT FKiURE. 



Fig. 10. Thelessev i)eiichborer {^^l/)l(lllfh(^(loll />/e//;>c.s) : Adult, eggs, larva. 



pupa, cocoon, and pupal skin .*>." 



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