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South Wales and Queensland. The insects are propagated by eggs, which 

 are laid in patches of from six to thirty on the leaves of the trees they 

 feed upon. These eggs usually hatch out early in the spring, and the 

 young greenish-white larva? at once commence the business of their lives. 

 As they get older their colour changes to reddish-brown, and when fully 

 grown they are about three-quarters of an inch in length. The perfect, or 

 winged, insect is the same size as the larva, or a little larger. In colour 

 it is a dark bronze brown above and reddish-yellow beneath. These_ 

 insects and kindred ones are somewhat difficult to eradicate. Spraying 

 with weak solutions of Paris Green or London Purple has to some extent 

 proved effective in destroying them. Three or four sprayings may be 

 necessary, and should be given while the insects are in their wingless 

 state. Another fairly successful way of dealing with them is to spread 

 sheets upon the ground and shake the insects from the trees the .same 

 as is done with the Plum Weevil (Curctilio). In the cool of the morning 

 or on dull days the insects are somewhat torpid, and will fall in large 

 numbers if the trees are shaken or jarred. Those that fall upon the 

 sheets are easily collected and destroyed. 



Orange Moth. Though not so widely spread or troublesome as many 

 other pests, this insect, which is known to entomologists as Hydwsa */>, 

 sometimes causes considerable damage to trees of the Citrus family. The 

 larvae are small, black, haiiy caterpillars, which feed upon the leaves, and 

 are very voracious. The perfect insect is a handsome moth, the body of 

 which is black with deep yellow markings, and the wings black with 



ORANGE MOTH. 



Pupa (Natural Size). 



Perfect Female Insect 

 (Natural Size). 



Caterpillar (Natural Size). 



Ichneumon Parasite 

 (Natural Size). 



Perfect Male Insect (Natura Size). 



Ichneumon (Magnified. 



