15G 



FIWIT CULTURE. 



lines crossing them, and an eye-like spot near the centre. 

 The larvae have ten legs, and are grey tinted with greenish, 

 furnished with a dark stripe on the back, a paler one on 

 each side, and two humps near the head, with two near 

 the tail. The perfect insects appear in June and July, 

 and laying their eggs upon the trees, the caterpillars 

 are to be found devouring the leaves of the trees during 

 August and September. See illustration. 



FIG. 42. PALE OAK BEAUTY (Boarmia consortaria). 

 A Morn. B CATERPILLAR. 



REMEDIES. The caterpillars may be attacked with some 

 of the solutions and insecticides employed against those 

 of the Winter Moth. The females, being furnished with 

 wings, cannot be caught in the same way as those of the 

 last named. The pupae which lay up in the ground may 

 be destroyed by applications of gas-lime or quicklime, 

 dug or forked lightly into the soil during the winter or 



