﻿— 
  io6 
  — 
  

  

  This 
  well-known 
  species 
  is 
  common 
  to 
  Europe 
  and 
  America, 
  and 
  

   is 
  at 
  times 
  very 
  destructive 
  in 
  greenhouses, 
  where 
  it 
  eats 
  irregular 
  holes 
  

   in 
  the 
  leaves 
  of 
  various 
  plants. 
  It 
  is 
  also 
  reported 
  by 
  Davis 
  as 
  a 
  

   celery 
  insect, 
  and 
  by 
  Johnson 
  as 
  injuring 
  young 
  tobacco 
  plants 
  in 
  hot- 
  

   houses. 
  The 
  strawberry 
  has 
  been 
  mentioned 
  among 
  its 
  food 
  plants 
  in 
  

   England. 
  

  

  Larvse 
  found 
  September 
  2d 
  in 
  Illinois 
  yielded 
  us 
  the 
  adult 
  October 
  

   15th, 
  and 
  the 
  moth 
  has 
  been 
  collected 
  by 
  us 
  late 
  in 
  April 
  — 
  facts 
  which 
  

   indicate 
  the 
  hibernation 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  in 
  the 
  imago 
  stage. 
  The 
  pub- 
  

   lished 
  breeding 
  records 
  of 
  English 
  entomologists 
  indicate 
  a 
  similar 
  

   hibernation, 
  moths 
  emerging 
  late 
  in 
  October 
  from 
  pupae 
  formed 
  early 
  

   in 
  that 
  month. 
  The 
  summer 
  history 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  is 
  not 
  well 
  estab- 
  

   lished, 
  but 
  our 
  own 
  breeding-cage 
  records 
  and 
  greenhouse 
  observations 
  

   taken 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  a 
  few 
  scattered 
  published 
  notes 
  indicate 
  the 
  

   possibility 
  of 
  at 
  least 
  four 
  generations 
  annually. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  past 
  summer 
  we 
  have 
  several 
  times 
  seen 
  small 
  beet 
  

   leaves 
  folded 
  along 
  the 
  midrib, 
  and 
  on 
  separating 
  the 
  folds 
  have 
  found 
  

   a 
  dense 
  silken 
  web 
  forming 
  a 
  somewhat 
  tubular 
  retreat, 
  in 
  which 
  lay 
  a 
  

   small 
  slender, 
  green, 
  active 
  larva. 
  At 
  least 
  two 
  species 
  of 
  these 
  were 
  

   recognized, 
  both 
  apparently 
  belonging 
  to 
  the 
  Tortricidcz. 
  They 
  were 
  

   placed 
  in 
  breeding-cages, 
  but 
  failed 
  to 
  mature. 
  

  

  Plant 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  completely 
  covered 
  or 
  inclosed 
  within 
  a 
  loose 
  open 
  

   web; 
  the 
  leaves 
  eaten 
  by 
  spotted 
  or 
  striped 
  caterpillars. 
  

  

  THE 
  GARDEN 
  WEB-WORMS. 
  

   Loxostege 
  and 
  He 
  Hula. 
  

  

  Already 
  notorious 
  in 
  the 
  history 
  of 
  beet 
  culture 
  in 
  America 
  are 
  two 
  

   species 
  of 
  insects 
  belonging 
  to 
  the 
  genus 
  Loxostege, 
  both 
  commonly 
  

   known 
  as 
  web-worms 
  in 
  the 
  Western 
  States, 
  where 
  they 
  are 
  most 
  

   abundant. 
  They 
  are 
  rather 
  small, 
  smooth, 
  active 
  larvse, 
  which 
  spin 
  a 
  

   conspicuous 
  web 
  about 
  the 
  foliage 
  infested 
  by 
  them. 
  They 
  feed 
  largely 
  

   on 
  garden 
  weeds, 
  such 
  as 
  purslane, 
  lamb's-quarters, 
  and 
  pigweed, 
  but 
  

   when 
  excessively 
  abundant, 
  as 
  they 
  often 
  are 
  in 
  the 
  West, 
  they 
  may 
  

   completely 
  destroy 
  beets 
  and 
  other 
  garden 
  vegetables, 
  and 
  a 
  great 
  

   variety 
  of 
  weeds 
  and 
  cultivated 
  plants. 
  

  

  A 
  third 
  species, 
  the 
  so-called 
  imported 
  garden 
  web-worm 
  {Hellula 
  

   undalis') 
  is 
  especially 
  destructive 
  to 
  cabbages 
  and 
  other 
  Cruci/em. 
  It 
  

   has 
  lately 
  made 
  its 
  appearance 
  in 
  the 
  eastern 
  United 
  States, 
  and 
  is 
  likely 
  

   to 
  extend 
  its 
  range. 
  

  

  The 
  eggs 
  of 
  the 
  parent 
  moths 
  of 
  the 
  web-worms 
  are 
  apparently 
  laid 
  

   upon 
  the 
  plants, 
  above 
  ground. 
  The 
  larvse 
  make 
  separate 
  webs 
  about 
  

  

  