THE PINARA GRUB OF THE APPLE. 119 



CHAPTER LXXXVII. 



THE PINARA GRUB or THE APPLE. 

 (JPinara nana.) 



Order: Lepidoptera. 



This formidable pest of the apple grower was first 

 sent to me by Mr. G. Shepherd, the well-known 

 Somerville orchardist and nurseryman, as having 

 stripped most of the leaves off many of his apple trees. 

 It is a native of Victoria, and formerly had for its food 

 some of the indigenous plants of the State. The moth 

 as figured on our plate is a yellowish drab color, the 

 eggs being deposited in clusters, or patches, on the 

 leaves of the apple. The larva is a most singular 

 looking beast, lying close to the bark (see plate, Fig % II. ) ; 

 and, where the bark of the tree is green, it is almost 

 impossible, without a very close examination, to detect 

 it. The pupa is of a chestnut-brown color, the male 

 of the perfect insect being much smaller than the 

 female ; each sex being remarkable, as possessing a 

 snout-like appearance of the frontal part of the head. 

 The larvae of this species not only 'roll, but also strip 

 the tree of its leaves, and also are very severe on the 

 buds and young shoots. The larvae have a singular 

 habit of rolling the leaves of the trees attacked, and in 

 which the pupae change ; and, where the grubs are at all 

 numerous, the process of stripping* a tree is speedily 

 accomplished. 



In the Somerville and other fruit-growing centres, 

 this pest is very troublesome and destructive. On the 

 plate (Figs. VI. and VII.) will be noticed two kinds of 

 parasitic Hymenoptera, which are always on the look 

 out for an opportunity of depositing their eggs in the 

 bodies of their victims, which latter include moths and 

 also insects of other kinds. 



