382 [THE CHERRY 



Tortrix cerasana Hb., T. sorbiana Hb., Teras Holmiana 

 Lin , Swtammerdanria pirella Vill., Recurvaria nanella 

 Hb., Bombyx lane sir is Lin., Diloba caeruleocephala Lin., 

 Aparia Crataegi Lin., Porthesia chrysorrhoea Lin., P. 

 auriflua Fb., Vanessa poly chloros Lin., Miselia Oxyacan- 

 thae Lin. y Catocala Paranympka, Lin., Asteroscopus 

 Sphinx Hufn., Lasiocampa quercifolia Lin., A crony eta 

 ttidens Schiff. Ocneria dispar Lin. and Hibernia defo- 

 liana Lin. Several beetles viz: Magdalis Cerasi Lin., 

 ^/. Pruni Lin., Criptocephus flavipes Fb., Melolontha 

 vulgar is Lin., and Rhizotrogus solstizialis Lin. also feed 

 on the foliage The larvae of the moths Cossus cigniperda 

 Gb. and Zeuzera pyrina Lin. cause much havoc by their 

 tunnels in the wocd of the stems and branches, but 

 although the last named is common in these Islands it is 

 not known to attack the cherry. 



The larvae of the beetles Scolytus Pruni Ratz., S. 

 ruguiosus Ratz., Liopus nebulosus Lin. Saperda scalaris 

 Lin., Polygraphus pubescens Fb. and Magdalis Pruni 

 Lin. live in tunnels between the bark and the wood, and 

 also in the outer layers of the wood itself, often causing 

 the death of the tree when they are too many, or by 

 r peated attacks, but fortunately we have no wood borer 

 attacking the cherry in these Islands. 



Finally, the larvae of the cherry fly, Spilographa 

 Cerasi Fb. lives in the pulp of the fruit and destroys it. 

 These small white grubs are common in the cherries 

 imported from Sicily and Italy, and are generally mis- 

 taken for the grubs of the ordinary fly (Ceratitis capitata 

 Wied.) to which they are very similar; but the cherry fly 

 is so far unknown in our orchards, nor is it likely that it 

 can ever become established here, as its later broods are 

 hatched in the berries of Lonicera tatarica which does 

 not exist in these Islands except perhaps as rare isolated 

 specimens in flower gardens. 



