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THE HOP CROP. 



with in hop grounds, and is suspected also of injuring the 

 roots of the bines. 



The bines receive considerable injuries from the cater- 

 pillars of the "pale tussock-moth " Laria pudibunda 



1. Female Moth Laria pudibunda. 2. Eggs of do. 



5. Pupa. 



3. Caterpillar. 4. Web spun by do. 



and of the " hop-vine snout-moth " Pyralis rostralis; to 

 these may be added also the caterpillars of the " comma" 

 and the "peacock" butterflies Vanessa C-album and V.Io 

 though these are not so commonly met, or their attacks 

 so marked, as those of the moths named. The " pale tus- 

 sock-moth" is a large species, of a grayish white colour, 

 the upper wings freckled, with four irregular transverse 

 darker lines, and an oval spot on the disc, with a row of 

 black spots along the hinder margin. The female lays a 

 number of egffs in June ; from these the destructive larvse 



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commonly called "hop-dogs" are hatched These are of a 

 greenish yellow colour, with four dense hairy tufts on the 

 back, black stripes dividing the segments, and a long, hairy, 

 rosy tail. When full grown in September they spin a 



