Pliyllobiits (iiiii Iiisccfs on Vines. 73 



To this the lullowing leply was sent : — 



From the fact that vuii Bj.rayiil twice with Paris ^Tcen, and the 

 description VdU pivo of tlic withcriuL' shoots, leaves, aud flowers in your 

 orchards, I feel pretty certain you have l>een hufTeriii<,' fn»in the c<>nihinc-d 

 attack of two of the prominent apple aud ite«r i>est^ this Ke-jison, viz., the 

 Pith Sloth {Loirrrui aim) and the Pud Moth {/fediju orellana). The 

 former is most ahundant ^a-nerally, but I hiive had numy rejwrts of the 

 damage done by the hiUer. 



The Pith Moth is in the pui«al 8taj;e in the dead shoots still and will 

 soon hatch out. On a small scale these should l>c hiind-picke<l, but I 

 doubt if it coidd be done in lar^'e orchards. Put judj^iug from the 

 recordetl facts in the life-history of these two moths, I am stronply 

 in«lincil to believe we can cojk; with them on a large scale by autunm 

 and late summer sprayintj, for the eg«,'8 hatch out in July an<i the 

 larvie (small) feed imtil the winter, when they hibernate. Arsenical 

 spmying then, say in August (depen«ling on the fruit), and again as soon 

 as the erop is harvested would give relirf, for at no other time can we get 

 at the Pith Moth, and not at the Pud Moth until it has done the damage. 

 The green caterpillars you refer to, if they are not " loopers," are prolwidy 

 Peuthina varieijana, one of the Tortrices related to the Bud Moth.* 



Phyllobius or Leaf Weevils. 



A sin;j;le instance only of the aituck of Leaf Weevils has l>ccn 

 reported. In (li.slricts where they are usually very abundant they 

 have only iK?cuiTed in small uuml>crs during the i)ast summer. 

 Me&?i"s. James Carter & Co. sent sjK'cimens of the sj)ecies J'/n/llohiiia 

 viri<iaris on the 19th of June, stating that tiiey were oveiTunning the 

 jjanlen of a client, and a.sked for information how to enidicale the 

 j»est. This particular leaf weevil is common on elm hedges as a rule. 

 Tlie following ix'ply was sent : — 



"With reganl to enwlicating this pest, the only treatment is as f(»llows : — 



1. Spraying with Paris green wherever the foliage can be so treatctl 

 now (i.e. on a]>ple, j-lum, i>ear. and nut). 



2. Pealing down thf Uetles on to tarred sacks in early nioniinL' Iuls 

 l)een found to clear a garden six-cilily of this ]ie8t. 



Put prolmbly spraying will Ix- the least costly treatment if ou a Urge 

 scale. 



Insects on Vines in Jersey. 



Thive kinds of Arthro|MMls have U'cn .sent l»y C<d. Sandeixon, 

 from Jei-sey, attacking the vines, with enquiries regardiuL' tb.-m 

 Tliey Were the following : — 



• Since thin rf " •• "i* wtit, I have fouml the treatiuciit .tilriM«! has clc»rcil 

 »|>plc tree* of the v .. v.t. 



