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Insect Pests. 



in working order right into March, especially on plum trees and 



damsons. 



Eeferences. 



(1) Orinerod, E. A. ' Handbook of Insects Injurious to Orchard and Bush 



Fruits,' p. 178 (1898). 



(2) Porritt, G. T. ' Larv* of British Butterflies and Moths,' vol. VII., pt. 1, 



p. 157 (Ray Soc). 



THE PEPPER AND SALT MOTH. 



{Ampludasijfi hefularia. Linn.) 



Although one can scarcely look upon this insect as a pest, yet 

 its larvae so frequently strip the leaves of the apple and the cherry 



[F. Edenden. 



FIG. 56.— FEMALE AND MALE PEPPER AND SALT MOTH 

 {A iiipltidasyn betidaria). 



in the autumn that it cannot well be passed over. It is owing to its- 

 fortunate late appearance that so little harm is done, yet surely some 

 loss of ripening of the wood must result even in late September when 

 all the leaves are eaten off. It is much more frequent than is 

 supposed, for two reasons : first, the grower does not much trouble 

 about enemies when the fruit is being or has been gathered!; and. 



