82 Insect Pests. 



THE ALLIED BUD MOTH. 



(Pcnthina (Antithesia) varieyana. Hb.) 



This Tortrix Moth lives in a very similar way to the Bud Moth. 

 The moth is about -jj- inch in width of wing expanse. The front 

 wings have the basal two-thirds brownish- 

 black, the apical one-third clouded with 

 grey towards the hind margin, there are 

 a ^ so * wo 01 tnree black spots projecting 

 from the edge of the central band. The 

 moth appears in June and lays her eggs 

 on the leaf. The larva- are thick and 

 dark green with black spots, the head and 

 first segment being black. They occur in 



\F.E. early spring and may be found on the 

 apple, pear, and on hawthorn and sloe 



AN " ANTITHKSIA " AT ItEST. 'ill 1 I r\ mi 



in the hedgerows (1 and 2). The winter 



is passed much in the same way as the Bud Moth, according to 

 Xewstead (3). 



KEFEREXCES. 



(1) Theobald, F. V. Journal S. E. Agri. College. No. 6. p. 13 (1897). 



(2) Theobald, F. V. First Keport on Economic Zoology (Brit. Mus. X.H.), 



p. 68 (1903). 



(3) Newsteacl, E. Gardeners' Chronicle, p. 342. June 1901 and Journal Eoyal 



Horticultural Society, vol. XXVI.. pt. 4, rig. 31f). 



THE BUD MOTH. 



(Hedija oceilana. Fab.) 



In certain years numerous inquiries are made during the summer 

 concerning the larva? of a small Tortricid Moth which damages the 

 buds of various fruit trees when they are bursting and for some time 

 after. These larvse, which are prevalent to a greater or less extent 

 every year, are mostly those of the Bud Moth (Hedya oceilana, Fab.). 

 This fruit pest has long been known in Europe, Kollar (1) having 

 described its ravages as far back as 1857. Since that date little has 

 been added to our knowledge in Europe, but in 1896 Slingerland (2) 

 published a detailed account of its life-history. The accounts of 

 Kollar and Slingerland differ in some essential points, but the insect 

 they write about is undoubtedly the same. It is quite probable that 

 both observers are right, the insect living in two ways. The Bud 



