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all the leaves from under the infested trees in the fall and 
burn them, and also to shower the trees with one pound of 
Paris-green in one hundred and fifty gallons of water, in the 
spring when the buds first begin to swell.” 
Besides the Tortricide thus far described-there are many 
others that are fond of the leaves of our cultivated fruits, 
but as all are similar in their modes of life, etc., it is not nec- 
essary to mention them, especially as the remedies that can 
be applied are also about the same. 
SUPER-FAMILY TINEINA OR TINEIDS. 
Tineids are all very minute moths, with narrow wings, 
bordered by wide fringes; only a few possess broader wings 
with narrow fringes. They are often very beautiful, their 
wings being covered with scales that shine like silver and 
gold, but their small size make it necessary to examine them 
with a lens to appreciate their beauty. Their larve feed us- 
ually upon or within the leaves of plants; others thrive 
within nuts, seeds and dried fruits; still others eat dead ani- 
mal matter, as woolens, fur and teathers; while a few are 
predaceous, destroying scale-insects. Many species of such 
moths occur in the United States and nearly one thousand 
kinds have already been described. The work of most of the 
mining species is very characteristic, and it seems that each 
one infests only a particular species of plant, in the leaf of 
which it makes a mine of definite shape, by means of which 
an expert can determine the species that made it. There are 
few leaves in late surnmer and autumn that donot show the 
mines of different kinds of Tineids. When we study such 
mines we find that the little larve of the Tineids live until 
full grown between the two skins of a leaf, deriving their 
nourishment from the green parenchyma. 
