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wings have also a similar greenish tinge. The abdomen is of 

 somewhat similar hue and crested, with two more or less darker 

 spots near the back. It appears in May, June and July. The 

 female places her eggs on the fruit trees and they remain there all 

 the winter. In spring the larva? appear and enter the opening buds. 

 The caterpillar is pale yellowish-green with a rusty-red line down 

 the back, the divisions between the 

 segments reddish and a line at the 

 sides of a yellowish-green. The dorsal 

 line varies in colour and size; some 

 have it broad, others narrow or almost 

 absent, sometimes it is dark green, at 

 others almost purple. These larvae 



are most noticeable in April and May t F - E - 



and are all mature by early June. FIG - ^.-GRKEN PUG MOTH 



J (CMoroclijstt* recta ngulata). 



They then fall to the ground and 



pupate in a cocoon of earth. The pupa is deep red at the tail end, 



the thorax and wing cases yellow, tinged with olive. 



THEATMENT. 



Early spraying arsenate of lead. The same spraying used for 

 Winter Moth should suffice. It may be pointed out that if these 

 caterpillars are in excess grease-banding need not be persisted in. 



EEFERENCE. 



(1) Carpenter, G. H. Injurious Insects and Other Animals observed in 

 Ireland during the year 1905. Eco. Proc. Royal Dublin Society, vol. I., 

 pt. 8, p. 331 (1908). 



THE CODLING MOTH. 



(Carpocapsa pomonella. Linn.) 



Everyone knows a maggoty apple and avoids it unless they can 

 get no other. Few people, except fruit-growers and gardeners, know 

 anything of the cause, however. The " maggot " is the caterpillar 

 of a small moth, one of the Carpocapsidce, whose larvae live in fruits or 

 seeds. If we turn the Codling Maggot over on its back we shall see 

 that below are legs, these are of two kinds, the first six are horny 

 and pointed, and then in the middle of the body are four pairs which 

 are soft and fleshy " false legs," and there is another pair behind. 

 Thus the Codling Maggot is a true caterpillar, like that of the Cabbage 

 White Butterfly. It is very important for growers to notice this, as 



