Gelechiidae 



from -this paper that we have been with great kindness per- 

 mitted to draw the illustrations which are herewith given. 



As a means of combating 

 this pest, it has been recom- 

 mended to spray the peach- 

 trees, just as the leaves are 

 beginning to open in the 

 spring, with a solution of 

 one pound of lime and one 

 pound of Paris green mixed 

 in two hundred gallons of 

 water. It is also recom- 

 mended to spray the trees in 

 February, or even injanuary, 

 with kerosene emulsion, 

 which is said to penetrate 



the little burrows in which 

 the larvae hibernate and kill 

 them. The latter method is 

 undoubtedly preferable. 



FlG. 246. A. lineatella. a, moth with 

 wings expanded; b, c, moths with wings 

 folded. All figures enlarged. (After Marlatt, 

 " Bull. U. S. Dept. Agric.," New Ser., No. 



IO, p. 12.) 



CUPID'S CANDLE 



' Round her flaming heart they hover, 



Lured by loveliness they go 

 Moth-like, every man a lover, 

 Captive to its gleam and glow. 



Old and young, the blind and blinking, 



Fascinated, frenzied things, 

 How they flutter, never thinking 



What a doom awaits their wings! 



It is all the same old story, 



Pleasure hung upon a breath : 

 Just a chance to taste of glory 



Draws a legion down to death. 



Fire is dangerous to handle ; 



Love is an uncertain flame ; 

 But the game is worth the candle 



When the candle 's worth the game! " 



FELIX CARMEN, in Life, Vol. XLI, p. 494. 



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