EYE-SPOTTED BUD MOTH. O 



to keep them from going up again, and to capture and kill the grubs 

 as soon as possible in any way which may be convenient. Simply 

 trampling on them will kill many, or, as the great size and bright 

 colouring of the caterpillars make them very conspicuous, children 

 would soon collect large numbers for a small payment. Where the 

 infestation has been bad enough to make it worth while to spread 

 sheets or cloths beneath the tree before jarring, this would save a deal 

 of trouble in collecting, for the caterpillars might be shaken together 

 and thrown (before they had time to escape) into pails of any mixture 

 which would kill them. 



The large size of the insect, and its habits in all its stages, throw 

 it open to easy methods of prevention. "At the beginning of June 

 these singular moths may be frequently found coupled in pairs on the 

 trunks of Lime, Elm, and other trees, or on the herbage below them ; 

 the truncate heads and closely convolute wings giving each pair the 

 appearance of a single piece of dead and dried stick." ■''• By destroying 

 these moths much egg-laying will be prevented. 



As the chrysalids are not protected by any web or cocoon, they are 

 very noticeable, or may easily be found by a little search on the surface 

 of the ground or at the roots of herbage or under slight shelters 

 beneath attacked trees, and for a small sum children might collect 

 great numbers under trees that have been much infested. Poultry 

 also are fond of them, and are stated to search for them with great 

 eagerness. 



Eye-spotted Bud Moth; Red Bud Caterpillar, 



Tmetocera ocellana, Schiff. ; Hedya ocellana, Fab. 



Tmetoceea ocellana. — Eye-si3otted Bud Moth and caterpillar. 



The " Eed Bud Caterpillars" of Tmetocera ocellana cause much 

 injury both in Europe and America to Apple, and also to various other 

 kinds of orchard fruit trees, but I have only once had definite obser- 

 vations of their mischievous presence in this country. Probably if 

 the signs of the attack were generally known they would be found to 

 be much more present than is supposed, as well as those of the " Pith 

 Moth," Laverna atm, mentioned in the following paper, which they 



* ' British Moths,' p. 219. 



