ioo Roses for Amateurs. 



grease-banding as practised against similar pests on fruit- 

 trees might be tried as a preventive measure. Then we have 

 a near relation of the Old Lady (Mania Maura), whose larvae 

 are extremely fond of our choice Auriculas, in the Gothic 

 (Ncenia typica). When young it is gregarious like the Lackey 

 Moth already referred to, and it is then that it can be me t 



Larva of Vapourer Moth (Orgyia antiqua). 



effectually got rid of. Later, when its large greyish -yellow, 

 brown-freckled caterpillars are on the wander, they are more 

 difficult to deal with. 



Belonging to the Sub-family Notodontida are two exceed- 

 ingly common Moths whose caterpillars favour the Rose 

 Hydriomena badiata and //. nigrofasciaria (derivata). Both 

 caterpillars are green, that of the former species being dark 



