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ing its developuu'iit it moults, or casts its skin, five times. 

 After the final one it crawls down to the earth and forms 

 a dark pupa in a cell made of earth and silky threads. 

 Remedies. — (1) Spraying in summer with Paris Green 

 (Formula No. 11) or Arsenate of Lead (Formula No. 10) 

 fluids will poison the surface of the leaves on which the 

 larvte are feeding. (2) Where trees have been badly at- 

 tacked the previous year give the surface of the soil a 



APRICOT WKKVIL (OTIOIUIYNOHUS TKNKBIUCOSUH). 

 The vertical line indic^<tofii fhe natural length of th© weevil. 



dressing of quicklime or kainit (loz. per square yard), or 

 soot in winter, and fork this in. (3) In the case of gi'ass 

 orchaixis an application of kainit (half a ton per acre) in 

 winter will destroy the larvae and feed the roots. Poultry 

 should be turned freely into grass orchards to eat the pupae. 



Cherry Tree Moth (Coleophora anatipenella). — A 

 small creamy-white moth which flies about in the even- 

 ing, and lays its eggs on the under sides of the leaves of 



