INSECTS INJURIOUS TO THE PEAR-TREE. 



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The Pear Calimorpha and its larva, of the natural size, with some of the segments of 

 the latter magnified to show the characteristic markings. 



THE CALIMORPHA PEAR CATERPILLAR. 



[CaUlmoiyhla Lecontei, Boisd., var. fulvicosia, Clemens.) 

 Order of LEPIDOPTERA. Family of Lithosiid^. 



The only new insect injurious to the pear tree, which has come 

 to my knowledge the past season, by which I mean the only insect 

 that has not been heretofore known and described as a noxious 

 insect, is a blackish hairy caterpillar, an inch and a quarter long, 

 with five narrow yellow and white stripes extending tlie length of 

 the body, which is the larva of the above named moth. 



On the sixth of May I received a box from Mr. E. J. Ayres, of 

 Yilla Ridge, at the southern extremity of the State, containing 

 seven of these caterpillars, with the following account of their 

 habits : 



" I send you a few specimens of the Solitary Caterpillars, which 

 have been quite troublesome to my pear trees. They appear to 

 be quite general feeders, as I have found them on both cherry and 



