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small larvffi soon spread about. The 

 colour is bright green or green tinged 

 with yellow (the latter I have particu- 

 larly noticed when feeding on hawthorn) 

 and somewhat paler between the seg- 

 ments ; on the back is a narrow dark 

 green line edged with pale creamy white 

 or grey ; on each side are three pale 

 lines, either white or grey ; the head is 

 uniformly green. The general form at 

 once separates it from the Winter Moth 

 larva, it being very slender and uni- 

 formly cylindrical and about 1 inch 

 long when full grown. They mature by 

 the end of June or early in July, then 

 fall to the ground, where they form a 

 cocoon covered with earth very similar 



(E. Tonge. 



IQ. 55. EGG BAND OF MARCH MOTH. (X 10.) 



FIG. 54. KGG BAND OF MAKCH MOTH. 



(Twice natural size.) 



to the Winter Moth ; 

 the silk of the cocoon 

 is of a dull yellowish 

 hue and very closely 

 woven together. 

 Porritt (2) mentions 

 that caterpillars which 

 hatched from eggs on 

 the 3rd of April went 

 to earth the middle 

 of May. Many may 

 be found in June, and 

 I have taken numbers 

 as late as the 7th of 

 July. 



PREVENTION AND 



TREATMENT. 



The treatment is the 

 same as for the pre- 

 ceding. Where this 

 moth is prevalent it 

 is well to see that the 

 grease bands are kept 



