ATTACKING THE LEAVES. 



91 



FIQ. 89. 



shown somewhat magnified; also the chrysalis, which is about 

 the natural size. Besides consuming the leaves, this leaf- 

 roller is very fond of gnawing the 

 skin of the young fruit, and such 

 abraded spots soon become brown 

 and rusty, and sometimes crack. 



When mature, the larva lines the 

 inner surface of its dwelling-place 

 with a web of silk, and then changes 

 to a chrysalis of a dark-brown color. 

 (See Fig. 89.) Towards the end of 

 June, or early in July, with the help of some little thorns 

 on the hinder segments, the chrysalis wriggles itself half- 

 way out of the nest, and shortly after the imprisoned moth 

 escapes. 



This is a short, broad, flat moth, resembling a bell in 

 outline when its wings are closed (see Fig. 90) ; but when 

 expanded (Fig. 91), they appear arched on the front edge, 



FIG. 90. 



FIG. 91. 



curving in a contrary direction near the tip. The body is 

 reddish brown, the fore wings of a light cinnamon-brown 

 color, crossed with little, wavy, darker brown lines, and with 

 three broad, oblique, dark-brown bands, one of which covers 

 the base of the wings and is sometimes indistinct or want- 

 ing; the second crosses the middle of the wings; and the 

 third, which is broad on the front edge and narrow behind, 

 is near the outer hind margin. The hind wings are ochre- 

 yellow, with the folded part next to the body blackish. 

 When the wings are expanded, the moth measures about an 

 inch across. The caterpillars are found on the apple, pear, 



