120 MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 



Station, 1888, page 176. The larva of Pororgia Clintonii 

 was reported from Aroostook county as feeding on the foliage 

 of apple trees. 



The Velleda Lappet Moth. This insect was received 

 from Western Maine where it was mistaken for the Gypsy 

 Moth. This species having never been reported before from 

 Maine we give cuts of the moth and larvae. 



The body of the larva is covered with warts, which bear tufts 

 of black hairs. On the back and at the sides, gray hairs are 

 mixed with the black. When at rest the caterpillars lie close 

 to the twigs and are hard to see. The flat under-surface is pale 

 orange marked with black dots. See Fig. 6. The moths are 

 gray and white. See Fig. 7. 



The Apple-tree Tent Caterpillar was very abundant the 

 past season in Western and Southern Maine. 



The season has been remarkable for the great number of leaf 

 eating insects reported. Besides those noted or found in the 

 list printed above there were several species of budmoths and 

 leaf rollers, that did much damage. These insects could be 

 controlled by spraying, a practice that is gradually coming into 

 favor among fruit growers in Maine, but which could be 

 employed profitably much more than at present. 



The Currant Fly {Epochra Canadensis) was more abundant 

 than ever the past season about Orono. It is not generally 

 distributed. There are none in the Station garden, though 

 badly infested gardens occur in Orono. 



The Apple Maggot (Trypeta pomonella), we are happy to 

 say, has nearly disappeared in several localities during the past 

 season where it was very bad before. Whether it has really 

 gone or whether the large apple crop has made it appear less 

 numerous on account of abundant food supply is a question. 

 It is probable, however, that the late appearance of snow for 

 the past two years together with freezing and thawing have 

 destroyed the pupae, which are deposited so near the surface. 

 Flies as a class are fragile and subject to injury by great climatic 

 changes. 



