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cause the leaves to become discolored and to wither. They 
reach a length of about one-third of an inch, and vary in 
color from vyellowish-brown to dark-brown and green. 
Their heads are horny, of a yellowish color, with a dark, 
eve-like spot on each side. The cervical-shield is colored and 
polished like the head; on every other segment area few pale 
dots from each of which arises a single hair. The insect is 
shown in Fig. 224. 
Fig. 224.—Phoxopteris comptana Froel. After Saunders. 
The best remedy against this pest is to mow the plants 
and to burn them as soon as the fruit has keen gathered. 
In replanting we should be careful and select only plants 
from districts not infested with such injurious worms. 
THE APPLE BUD-MOTH. 
(Grapholitha prunivora Walsh). 
This insect, which infests not alone the apple, but also 
the plum and cherry, is not common in our state, and it is a 
good thing for our fruit growers that such is the case, as it 
can become decidedly destructive by eating the buds of ap- 
ples before they expand, thuscausing much more injury than 
if the leaves themselves were eaten. The larve of this insect 
has also the bad habit of feeding inside cherries, which usu- 
ally drop in consequence. 
