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Gelechiidae 



from this paper that we have been with great kindness per- 

 mitted to draw the illustrations which are herewith given. 



As a means of combating 

 this pest, it has been recom- 

 mended to spray the peach- 

 trees, just as the leaves are 

 beginning to open in the 

 spring, with a solution of 

 one pound of lime and one 

 pound of Paris green mixed 

 in two hundred gallons of 

 water. It is also recom- 

 mended to spray the trees in 

 February, or even injanuary, 

 with kerosene emulsion, 

 which is said to penetrate 

 the little burrows in which , ,. u , ... 



tig. 246. A. lineatclla. a, moth with 

 the larvae hibernate and kill wings expanded; b, c, moths with wings 



them. The latter method is [ l e f: T A11 c fi s res ^^\ (After Mariatt, 



" Bull. U. S. Dept. Agric, New Ser., No. 



undoubtedly preferable. 10, p. 12.) 



CUPID'S CANDLE 



" Round her flaming heart they hover, 

 Lured by loveliness they go 

 Moth-like, every man a lover, 

 Captive to its gleam and glow. 



Old and young, the blind and blinking, 



Fascinated, frenzied things, 

 How they flutter, never thinking 



What a doom awaits their wings! 



It is all the same old story, 



Pleasure hung upon a breath : 

 Just a chance to taste of glory 



Draws a legion down to death. 



Fire is dangerous to handle ; 



Love is an uncertain flame ; 

 But the game is worth the candle 



When the candle 's worth the game! " 



Felix Carmen, in Life, Vol. XLI, p. 494. 



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