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THE CODLING MOTH. si. 
sits (Carpocapsa pomonella, L.) 
Order LepipoptTera; family TorrRricip &. 
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By L. O. Howarp. 5 
INTRODUCTORY. 
The Codling Moth is another of those important insects which have ~ 
a vast newspaper literature and the habits of which are tolerably 
well known to most persons who suffer from their attacks, but of 
which there is, in present accessible form, no complete account. At 
the instance of Professor Riley, who has turned over to me all his 
‘notes and scraps, this article is therefore prepared, and its purpose 
is to bring into one readily-accessible article a review of the life 
history and a somewhat extended account of the remedies. Some 
new facts are introduced, and the latest experiments are summarized. 
There is no insect injurious to fruits in this country, with the sin- 
gle exception of the Plum Curculio, which has been written about so 
largely as the Codling Moth. We had proposed adding a biblio- 
graphical list of the American writings, as in the case of the Chinch- 
bug, but soon found that it would consume altogether more space 
than could be allowed. References to the articles consulted will. how- 
ever, be found in the text. ‘The most important of them have been 
Professor Riley’s, in the first, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth reports on 
the insects of Missouri; LeBaron’s, in his second report as State En- 
tomologist of Hlinois; Dr. Trimble’s, in his Insect Enemies of Fruit 
and Fruit Trees; and the more recent ones, treating of remedies only, 
by Chapin, A. J. Cook, and Forbes. ‘ 
The familiarity of fruit-growers with the habits of the Codling 
Moth is hardly to be wondered at, in view of this multiplicity of lit- 
erature, and to this familiarity is due the gradual improvement of 
the appearance of the apples found in market of late years. Before 
the use of the arsenical remedies it was a difficult thing for a single 
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