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THE AMERICAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



brown, and very much of the same form as that 

 of the Achemon Sphinx, flgiired in our last num- 

 ber. The moth (Fig. 59) makes its appearance 

 in June of the following j'ear, though it has 

 been known to issue the same year that it had 



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

 ply projects the front part of its body and 

 crawls about without entirely quitting the case 

 — carrj'ing its house with it. 

 There are various things i-ecommended as a 



Colors— Light olive-sray anfl dark olive-green. 



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 J. PARISH STELLE, SAVANNAH, 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 are all troublesome enough, but 

 the individual most to be dreaded is of a light 

 butf color {Tinea vestianella,* Steph.), though 

 we have another almost as bad ( Tinea tafet- 

 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 off, 

 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 appearance of parchment, is open 

 at both ends, but furnished with kind of flaps 

 that the insect can lift at pleasure for the pur- 



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 

 effect on the olfactories. I have found alum to 

 be all that is required, without being the least 

 offensive. In case of furs it may be pulverized 

 and sprinkled into them freely; or it maybe 

 dissolved in water and the liquid applied. The 

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

 ticle well siu'inkled with strong alum water will 

 never be injured by moths. 





'rusHcella, Ilucbner. 



Soot fok Cabbage Worms. — I experimented 

 ast summer on the Southern Cabbage-worm 

 (\a,rvaol Pier is 2)rotod^ce,^^o[sd.), and found soot 

 to be a very good thing to prevent its ravages. 

 Tlie 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 fine rose I sifted tlie 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 the 

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

 of my neighboi-s 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 Large Brood. — I "hatched" in Septem- 



