ANIMALS INJURIOUS TO FRUIT TKEliS. 25 



THE CLOUDED DRAB MOTH. 

 Taeniocampa iiiccrtu, Hufn. 



L'nder the name of Ttieniocampu instubilis, I recorded the larvae 

 of this insect as damaging- roses in a Warwickshire garden in 1904, 

 and again in 1905,* in which year it was also found attacking dahlias. 2 

 Taschenberg 3 mentions it as feeding upon both elm and lime. 



During the past year I have received it from Worcester, where 

 it was attacking- apples. Fruits slightly less than a walnut in size were 

 completely ruined, having large holes in the sides quite half an inch 

 in depth. In this case little damage was noticed on the leaves, a few 

 were eaten, but generally speaking the fruit suffered most. 



THE GREEN PUG MOTH. 



Chloroclystis rectunguhita (Linn.). 



The larvae of this moth have been forwarded from all parts of 

 the country during the past season. In many cases it was sent under 

 the belief that it was the larva of the Winter Moth (Cheimatobia 

 brumatu, Linn.). 



In Devonshire and Somersetshire it has been extremely plentiful, 

 and done quite as much damage as the Winter Moth. 



LlFE-HlSTORY. 



The life-history is only imperfectly known. What I believe to be 

 the eggs of this species were first noticed on cherry twigs in July. 

 They remain on the trees all winter. The moths appear early in May. 

 The first larvae were received from Devonshire on May gth, but these 

 must have been hatched some days. They vary from an apple-green 

 to pale green, with an irregular rusty-red or reddish-purple line 

 running clown the mid-dorsal line. Laterally there is a yellowish- 

 green line in young examples, but this becomes very indistinct later. 



The larvae became full-fed by the last week in June and fell to 

 the ground, where they pupated, forming an earthen cocoon. 



Carpenter, 4 who has recorded this species from Co. Fermanagh, 

 Ireland, mentions it as being found on apple branches which were 

 infested with Winter Moth caterpillars. He refers to them feeding 

 on Apple and Pear blossoms. 



12nd Rpt. Inj. Insects, 1905. p. 59. 



-3rd. Rpt. Inj. Insects, 1906, p. 34. 



: ^ Praktische Insekten-kunde. Die Schmetterlinge. 1880, Th. iii. pp. 137, 138. 



* Econ. Proc. R. Dublin Soc., 1906, vol. i, p. 331. 



