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appears to be the case. Consequently the apples become more con- 

 spicuous and sm.oother by the latter part of June or early in July, 

 at the time when most of the eggs responsible for this type of injury 

 are laid and there is a reversal of the usual habits of the moth, in 

 that she then deposits, as shown by our observations, m.ore eggs 

 upon the fruit than upon the leaves. There appears to be no good 

 reason why the recently hatched caterpillar should attack the 

 smooth surface of the fruit, except that it is impelled by hunger 

 and it naturally begins to feed soon after issuing, in this instance 

 attacking the smooth surface of the fruit and causing material loss 

 instead of the better known and comparatively harmless mining of 

 the foliage. 



