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first segment; the other segments show more or loss traces of pale 

 brown spots, four in a row on tlie second and tliird segments and 



KK;. b-2.^Al'PI,E Sin HIT ATTACKEIi BY I'lTH MiiTH. 



(Eight hand spur sliowing fla.sging.) 



four placed in a quadrangle on the remaining segments. The two 

 anterior segments have two lateral spots and the remainder a single 

 lateral spot. The a])ex is deep brown. AVhen mature they reach 



.\ inch in length and then pupate 

 near the ajiex of the shoot they 

 liave tunnelled. They reach their 

 full-fed stage during the last two 

 weeks in June. If the dead 

 shoots are picked off, the moths 

 can lie easily bred. They are 

 very active, running and flying 

 readily. 



The pupa is of an ochraceous 

 liue ; the head and front of the 

 thorax and tip of the body 

 mahogany red. It is cylindrical in form and about \ inch long. 

 On the ventral surface of the penultimate segment are two Wunt 



FIG. S3. 

 PITH MOTH {Bla>it(Klaci, 



[H. Kmghf. 



