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becomes one of the veriest pests to the gardener 

 and fruit-grower. The larva, which is small and 

 greenish with a yellow head, affects the plum, the 

 peach, the apricot, and indeed almost every stone- 

 fruit. Unlike most larvae, it does not eat the 

 leaves or fruit, but feeds on the inner bark, and 

 burrows beneath the outer bark so as to reach its 

 food. It may, however, be detected by the little 

 round holes which it leaves in the bark, and the 

 yellowish powder which falls from them, and may 

 be destroyed by brushing a little oil into the holes. 

 When it is full-fed, it passes into the chrysalis 

 state within a cocoon, and the Moth appears first 

 in May, a second brood appearing about tho 

 middle of autumn. 



Another very destructive insect comes next on 

 our list. This is the CODLIN MOTH (Carpocapsa 

 pomonana), a figure of which is here given. 



This is also a singularly pretty Moth when 

 examined closely. The upper wings are greyish 

 brown banded with darker brown, and having 

 towards each end a patch of warm chestnut, on 

 which is drawn a rather elongated mark like 

 the letter traced in burnished gold. 



Beautiful as it is, it ought to be destroyed 

 whenever seen ; but as it has a habit of conceal- 

 ing itself in the crevices of the bark of the tree 



