HISTORY OF INSECTS. 13 



CHAPTER III. 



HISTORY OF THE APPLE MOTH.* 



Class Lepidoptera. 



Order Tortricites. 



Genus Cydia. 



Species Pomonana. 



37. THE apple-moth is a beautiful little crea- 

 ture ; its wings are studded with silvery shining 

 specks, as though they were inlaid with precious 

 gems : it is the most beautiful of the beautiful 

 tribe to which it belongs, yet, from it shabits not 

 being known, it is seldom seen in the moth state, 

 and the apple-grower knows no more than the 

 man in the moon to what cause he is indebted for 

 his basketsful of worm-eaten windfalls in the 

 stillest weather. 



38. To find the moth in the day-time, the 

 trunks of the apple-trees should be carefully 

 looked over ; or if your orchard be surrounded by 

 a wooden fence, it may frequently be found sitting 

 against it, with its pretty wings neatly folded 

 round it. 



* Rusxirus, in the Entomological Magazine. 



