INSECTS INJURIOUS TO THE APPLE. 



Eotplanatio^v^-a, section of an apple whicli has been occupied by a Codling-worm sbowin<. the noint 

 We 7;: ;^ :r '' '-^"V"^ Placeof exltot-th. .atule wo™ aUbe iJl^bar^idro^Ie 

 h«uie , .the fuU grown worm ; h, its head and iirst segment magnified ; i, the cocoon • d the nuna 

 removed from the cocoon , / the moth with wings closed; ,, the sam^e with wings expandecl.' ^^ 



THE CODLING-MOTH, OE APPLE-WOEM. 



( Carpocaspa pomoneUa, Linn.) 

 Order of LEPIDOPIEEA. Family of Tortricid^. 



In a classification of fruit-damaging insects, in the order of tlie deo-ree 

 and extent to which they are injurious to human interests, the Codlino-- 

 moth which is the parent of the common apple-worm, must undoubt- 

 edly hold the first place. And it woidd occupy this position, not only 

 because the apple is the most valuable of fruits, but on account of the 

 great extent of territory ov er which it prevails, not being limited to 

 this country, but being also an inhabitant of the British Islands and the 

 contment of Europe, where its habits and history were long since no- 

 ticed and described. 



We propose, in this article, to give the results of our personal obser- 

 vations upon this insect for the past two or three years. We will first 

 give a brief outline of its natural history, and then notice more particu- 

 laily those parts thereof which are not generally known, or about which 

 a diherence of opinion has existed. 



