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THE AMERICAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



brown, and vei-y much of the same form as tliat 

 of the Acliemon Sphinx, figured in our last num- 

 ber. The moth (Fig. .09) makes its appearance 

 in June of the following year, though it has 

 boon known to issue flie same year that it had 



[Fig. 



pose of crawling out; usually, however, it sim- 

 ply projects the front part of its body and 

 crawls about without entirely quitting the case 

 — carrying its house with it. 

 There arc various things recommended as a 



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Colors— Li-lit oliYo-gr 



existed as larva. In this last event, it doubtless 

 becomes barren, like others under similar cir- 

 cumstances, as was shown in our last number 

 (p. 55). The colors of the moth are light olive- 

 gray, variegated as in the figure with dark 

 olive-green. The worms are easily subdued by 

 hand-picking. 



SOUTHERN NOTES. 



BY .T. rAItlSH STELLE, S.IVAXNAII. TENN. 



Clotues-Moths.— We have several species of 

 clothes-moths at the South, some of which work 

 all through the winter as far up as Corinth, 

 Miss. They arc all troublesome enough, but 

 the individual most to be dreaded is of a light 

 buff color {Tinea vestianeUa,* Steph.), though 

 wc have another almost as bad {Tinea tapet- 

 zella, Linn.), that is nearly black, with the tips 

 of its larger wings white, or pale gray. 



These moths generally lay their eggs on the 

 woolen or fur articles they intend to destroy ; 

 and when the larva appears it begins to eat im- 

 mediately, making sad work in a very short 

 time. With the hairs or wool it has gnawed oflT, 

 it forms a silken case or tube, under the protec- 

 tion of which it devours the substance of the 

 article on which it has fixed its abode. The 

 tube has the ajjpearance of parchment, is open 

 at both ends, but furnished with kind of flaps 

 that the insect can lift at jdeasure for the pur- 



"rusticella, HiU'biKr. 



protection against clothes-moths. One is to- 

 bacco sprinkled among the clothes, another is 

 gum-camphor, and still another capsicum or 

 pulverized red pepper. Each of these are 

 good, no doubt, but they are rather objection- 

 able to some on account of their unpleasant 

 efl'ect on the olfactories. I have found alum to 

 be all that is required, without being the least 

 oflensive. In case of fnrs it may be pulverized 

 and sprinkled into them freely; or it maybe 

 dis.solved in water and the liquid applied. The 

 latter mode is the best for most goods. An ar- 

 ticle well sprinkled with strong alum water will 

 never be injured by moths. 



Soot loi; Caiiba(;e Worms. — I experimented 

 last summer on the Southern Cabbage-worm 

 {]a\vaoi' I'iei'is 2M'otodice,'Boisd.) , and found soot 

 to be a very good thing to prevent its ravages. 

 The soot was taken from my chimney, and as 

 I had burned a great deal of yellow pine, ' it 

 was virtually lamp-black. Having first wetted 

 the cabbage with a tine rose I sifted the soot 

 upon them ; and, though it did not keep them 

 entirely clear of worms, owing, I suppose, to 

 the fact that I could not get it on all parts of tlie 

 plants, I raised a very good crop, while not one 

 of my neighbors matured a single head. The 

 thing is worth trying, and in localities where 

 pine soot cannot be had, I take it that common 

 lamp-black would have the same effect. 



A Lai!<;e Brood.— I "hatched'' in Septem- 



