108 QUINCE CULTUKE. 



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- 

 tennae of the male have two rows of fringe beneath, with 

 very short hairs nearly to their tips. In the female the 

 antennae 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 FALL WEB- 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, 



