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Insect Pests. 



THE ALLIED BUD MOTH. 



{Peiifhina {Aiitltlicmi) rarlcgaiia. Hb.) 



This Tortrix Motli lives in a very similar way to the Ijud Moth. 

 The moth is about | inch in width of wing expanse. The front 

 wings have the basal two-tliirds Ijrownish- 

 black, the apical one-third clouded with 

 . grey towards the hind margin, there are 



f^^ ^ ^^ also two or three black spots projecting 



^^B^^fl^^^ from the edge of the central band. The 



^^^B^^^^ moth appears in June and lays her eggs 



■i^jW on the leaf. The larv;e aie thick and 



dark green with black spots, the head and 

 first segment being black. They occur in 

 early spring and may be found on the 

 apple, pear, and on hawthorn and sloe 

 in the hedgerows ( 1 and 2). The winter 

 is passed much in the same way as the Bud Moth, according to 

 liewstead (3). 



Eeferexces. 



(1) TJteohald, F. V. .Tonrnal S. E. Agri. College. No. 6, p. 13 (1897). 



(2) TJieohald, F. V. First Report on Economic Zoology (Brit. Mus. N.H.), 



p. 68 (1903). 



(3) Kewstcad, B. Gardeners' Chronicle, p. 342, June 1901 and Journal Eoyal 



Horticultural Society, vol. XXVI. , pt. 4, fig. 315. 



AN "ANTITHESIA" AT UEST. 



THE BUD MOTH. 



(Jlcdi/a occUana. Fall.) 



In certain years numerous inquiries are made during the summer 

 concerning the larvas of a small Tortricid Moth which damages the 

 buds of various fruit trees wlien they are bursting and for some time 

 after. These larva;, which are prevalent to a greater or less extent 

 every year, are mostly those of the Bud IMotli {Hedya ocellana, Fab.). 

 This fruit pest has long been known in Europe, KoUar (1) having 

 described its ravages as far back as 1857. Since that date little has 

 been added to our knowledge in Europe, but in 1896 Slingerland (2) 

 published a detailed account of its life-history. The accounts of 

 Kollar and Slingerland differ in some essential points, but the insect 

 they write about is undoubtedly the same. It is quite prol:)able that 

 both oljservers are right, the insect living in two ways. The Bud 



