NOTES OF OBSERVATIONS 



OF 



INJUEIOUS INSECTS 



AND 



COMMON CROP PESTS 



DuEiNG 1898. 



APPLE. 



Buflf-tip Moth. PijfjcEra bucephala, L. 



^WlMSSTOS^^^ 



Pyg^ra bucephala. — 1, moth; 2, caterpillar; 3, chrysalis. 



The caterpillars of this fine moth, figured above, are very general 

 feeders, and are recorded as infesting the leafage of the Alder, Birch, 

 Beech, Elm, Hazel, Lime, Oak, Poplar, Willow, &c. ; and in October 

 (1887) I had fine specimens sent me which had been taken at Rath- 

 drum, Ireland, on " Evergreen Oak " {Quercus Ilex), and which were 

 feeding voraciously on the pieces of Evergreen Oak sent with them. 

 But I am not aware of the infestation having been recorded as often 



