108 QUINCE CULTURE. 
alternate with four yellow ones on each side. With 
expanded wings the moth measures about two inches 
across, sometimes two and a half. 
The sexes have some points of difference. The an- 
tenne of the male have two rows of fringe beneath, with 
very short hairs nearly to their tips. In the female the 
antennee are naked. She is larger than the male. ‘Their 
color is a light brown. ‘The head and a large square 
spot on the thorax are dark chestnut brown. The hairs 
on this spot can be erected so as to form a kind of crest. 
The fore wings are slightly notched on their hinder 
margins, with from three to five transverse brown lines, 
and one or two dark spots in the middle (sometimes 
Fig. 89.—HANDMAID MOTH, Fig. 90.—PARASITIC FLY. 
lacking), and a short, oblique, dark line near the outer 
margin. In repose, the hinder part of the body is 
raised up, and the fore-legs stretched out before the 
body. The illustrations will aid in recognizing them at 
every stage of their life history. 
Remedy.—They are easily found by the naked limbs 
they have stripped of their foliage, and also by their 
droppings on the ground, and when found can be pulled 
off and crushed. The Tachina flies deposit their eggs in 
them. A small Ichneumon is also known to prey on them. 
10. THe Fatt Wes-Worm (Hyphantria textor, Har- 
ris).—The appearance of web-tents in trees after the 
tent caterpillar of early spring has disappeared, has 
raised the question whether there be not a second brood. 
