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round, golden-tinted eggs on the under lyides of the leaves, 

 and covers them v^^ith fine hair. This occurs in July or 

 August. The resultant larva? are small and yellow dotted 

 with black. They spin the leaves together, and feed on 

 the epidermis only. In September they spin .several 

 leaves together and line them with silk, iso as to form a 

 "tent." In this way they live during the winter. In 

 spring the larvae wander over the branches, moult in May, 

 changing to a brown colour fii-st, marked with white spots 

 and lines of red and black. Thenceforward they devour 

 the leaves freely, finally spimn'ng a cocoon amongst 

 them, and entering the pupal state till August, when 

 they come forth as moths to lay eggs. 



Remedies. — (1) Search for the " tents " containmg the 

 larvae in winter, and burn them. (2) Spraying the foliage 

 thoroughly with Paris Green (Formula No. 11) and Ais.-n- 

 ate of Lead (Formula 10) solution in summer, wheji the 

 larviie are moving about freely, will destroy them. 



Bud Moth (Hedya ocellana). — A small moth, measur- 

 ing about half an inch across its expanded wings. The 

 colour is a dark grey, with black spots near the tips of 

 the upper wings. The moths appear in June and July, 

 and usually fly at night. The eggs, which are laid on the 

 leaves, hatch out in about ten days, and then, under the 

 shelter of a fine web, they feed on the leaves until the 

 latter are fully matured. In autumn they repair to the 

 bases of the buds, and shelter themselves for the winter 

 in a silken kind of case. In spring the reddish-brown 

 larvae with black heads emerge from the cases, and when 

 the buds begin to develop they spin the young foliage 

 blossoms together by a web, and cause the latter to shrivel 

 and turn brown. The apple and the cherry arc specially 

 attacked by this pest. 



Remedies. — Spraying late in summer with Formulae 

 Nos. 10 or 11 would destroy the young larvae. Another 

 spraying when the buds are about ^0 burst would also be 

 beneficial. 



