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pince-nez being best, for both hands will be re- 
quired. Where a tiny heap of dust is seen upon 
the bud, the egg has been hatched, and the 
destroyer is within. I have found the point of an 
ordinary quill toothpick the most efficacious in- 
strument for dislodging the intruder; it is quite 
sharp enough, and a pin is too rigid. Do not be 
afraid to probe right to the bottom of the bud till 
you have found and got out the tiny invader: for 
the main bud is already spoilt, and your hopes are 
shifted to the supernumerary side buds, which are 
always in existence and dormant, invisible. Having 
got out the grub, no harm will have been done, for 
you should have two shoots instead of one, the grub 
having forced you to the operation of ‘“ staving,” as 
on p. 149. 
Next in point of time, and continuing much later, 
is another moth larva, of the same group (Tortricina), 
and with the same sort of manners and customs. 
This is a dark green grub with a black head, and 
not so plump in body. It folds the leaves together 
in the same way, and generally acts in the same 
obnoxious manner; but it is more active, and has 
the power of running backwards as quickly as 
forwards, so that it will often escape and fall to 
the ground, where it lies quite still and is not easily 
found. 
We shall now begin to find those larvee of moths 
which are more generally called caterpillars. Most 
of these belong to the group of loopers, or geo- 
meters, z.e. earth measures, so called because the 
middle of the body, where there are no legs, is 
constantly being raised in a loop as the creature 
progresses. 
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