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injuiy caused by it has been mistaken for a fungous disease at 

 times, and in parts of Delaware it is known as "Mistletoe." 

 (See Fig. 33, from Bull. 117, Cornell Exp. Sta.) 



Remedies. — Thorough work in cutting out and destroying the 

 infested tips, taking care that none of the insects escape, would 

 doubtless prove effectual. Mr. Strong recommends strong to- 

 bacco water. Kerosene emulsion may prove to be the most 

 efficient and practicable remedy. 



The Bud Moth 



Tmetocera ocellana, S. V.— Order Lepidoptera: Family 

 Grapholithidas 



Harris, Ins. Inj. Veg. 249 (Flint Ed.). 

 Saunders, Ins. Inj. Frts. 95. 

 Fletcher, Ent. Rep. Ont. Dept. Agr. 1885: 24. 

 Fernald, Bull, Mass. Exp. Sta. 12. 

 Slingerland, Bull. Cornell Exp. Sta. 50. 



This insect has recently proved very destructive to apples, and 

 has also been observed on blackberries. It appears early in 

 spring, as soon as the buds begin to open, eating into them and 

 devouring the inner portions. It is a European species, which 

 first appeared in this country in Massachusetts, about 1841, and 

 has now become widely distributed over the northeastern portion 

 of the United States and parts of Canada. 



Some excellent results of observations upon this insect were 

 published by M. V. Slingerland, in Bulletin 50 of the Cornell 

 University Experiment Station, from which many of the follow- 

 ing statements are taken. 



"The central leaves and flowers are tied together with silken 

 threads, and when the pest needs more food it draws in and 

 fastens an outer leaf or flower. In a short time some of the 

 partly eaten leaves in this nest turn brown and become detached 

 from the branch, thus rendering the work of the pest quite con- 

 spicuous." 



The larva lives most of the time within a tube formed by roll- 



