58 CLEAR-WINGED MOTHS. 
an inch, has also a steel-blue body with golden-yellow mark- 
ings and a glossy, silk- 
en lustre. Its body is 
quite slender; the black 
antenne are fringed on 
their inner side with 
numerous fine, short 
hairs, which are absent 
in the female. Head 
and thorax are marked 
with yellow, and the 
abdomen has twoslen- 
der yellow bands above 
and a.white line on 
each side of the tuft of 
hairs at its tip. The 
Wings are transparent; 
the veins, margins and 
Big. Gt-— Sanding exibiocs Say. Male and fringe, steel-blue, and 
a steel-blue band ex- 
tends nearly across them beyond the middle. The feet and 
legs are marked with white. Both sexes are illustrated 
Pe 261, 
The female deposits her eggs on the bark of the tree at 
the surface of the ground. The yellowish eggs, with finely 
sculptured surfaces, are oval and slightly flattened, and are 
glued to the surface of the bark by a gummy secretion. 
Prof. Saunders, in his excellent book: ‘Insects injurious 
to fruit;’”’ gives a number of remedies against this pest, and 
as we can learn some lessons from them, they are quoted: 
‘* REMEDIES.—Several remedies have been proposed to meet 
this evil. Where the larve are present, they are readily de- 
tected in consequence of the exudation of gum; hence early in 
spring the trees should be carefully examined, a little of the 
earth removed from about the base, and, if masses of gum 
are found, the larvesearched forand destroyed. Hot water 
