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either side and ornamented with rather conspicuous dark tuber- 

 cles, were very numerous the latter part of June and early July 

 in many orchards, where they skeletonized the leaves and ate 

 large holes in the young fruit. The parent insect emerges from 

 a slender brown pupal case and is a delicate, grayish moth. 

 Treatment: spray thoroughly in early June with poison. 

 4 Pistol case-bearer (C o 1 e o p h o r a m a 1 i v o r e 1 1 a ). Small 

 caterpillars in pistol-shaped cases feed from April to May on the 



opening flowers 

 and young leaves 

 of the apple tree, 

 often skeleton- 

 izing the latter. 

 The dark drab 

 colored moths ap- 

 pear the latter 

 part of June, de- 

 posit eggs and 

 the young 

 emerge there- 

 from the latter 

 part of July. The winter is passed by the caterpillars within 

 cases securely attached to the bark. 



Treatment: spray infested trees with the poison just as the 

 buds are opening, and repeat, if necessary, a few days to a week 

 later. 



5 Cigar case-bearer (Coleophora fletcherella). 

 Small caterpillars in cigar-shaped cases feed from April to June 

 on the buds and foliage of apple trees. The delicate, 

 gray moths appear from the middle of June to the 

 middle of July, lay eggs, which hatch in about two 

 weeks, the young being leaf-miners. The cater- 

 pillars soon make cases, later attach them securely 

 to the bark, pass the winter therein, and begin feed- 

 ing again in early spring. 



Treatment: spray infested trees with poison iust case^bearer *^on 



^ ** bit of leaf— four 



as the buds are opening, and repeat, if necessary, a slre^^rijinai?^ 



Fig 3 Pistol case-bearer: a cases containing the larvae, natural 

 size; b larva; c pupa; d moth; b, e and d enlarged (after Riley) 



