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  OF 
  THE 
  STATE 
  ENTOMOLOGIST 
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  recommend 
  adhesive 
  bands, 
  because 
  the 
  latter 
  have 
  a 
  very 
  Hmited 
  

   range 
  of 
  usefuhiess. 
  

  

  Cigar 
  case 
  bearer 
  (Coleophora 
  fletcherella 
  Fern.) 
  . 
  

   This 
  insect 
  was 
  responsible 
  last 
  spring 
  for 
  very 
  severe 
  injuries 
  to 
  a 
  

   number 
  of 
  orchards 
  at 
  South 
  Byron 
  and 
  vicinity. 
  An 
  examination 
  

   of 
  conditions 
  early 
  in 
  June 
  showed 
  that 
  a 
  considerable 
  proportion 
  

   of 
  the 
  foliage 
  was 
  badly 
  damaged 
  and 
  would 
  drop 
  within 
  a 
  few 
  

   weeks. 
  The 
  operations 
  of 
  this 
  insect 
  were 
  so 
  severe 
  in 
  some 
  places 
  

   as 
  to 
  give 
  the 
  trees 
  a 
  brownish 
  appearance 
  when 
  viewed 
  from 
  a 
  

   distance. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  13 
  Work 
  of 
  cigar 
  case 
  bearer, 
  o, 
  showing 
  the 
  spotted 
  character 
  of 
  earlier 
  work; 
  

   b, 
  leaf 
  with 
  the 
  parenchyma 
  entirely 
  destroyed; 
  c, 
  a 
  portion 
  more 
  enlarged. 
  (Original) 
  

  

  An 
  examination 
  in 
  the 
  fall 
  showed 
  that 
  this 
  species 
  was 
  rather 
  

   abundant 
  at 
  Albion 
  and 
  promises 
  to 
  cause 
  considerable 
  injury 
  an- 
  

   other 
  spring 
  unless 
  controlled 
  by 
  timely 
  spraying. 
  The 
  cigar 
  case 
  

   bearer 
  was 
  by 
  far 
  the 
  more 
  abundant 
  though 
  a 
  few 
  specimens 
  of 
  

   the 
  pistol 
  case 
  bearer, 
  Coleophora 
  malivorella 
  Riley, 
  

   were 
  also 
  present 
  in 
  the 
  orchard. 
  Both 
  of 
  these 
  insects 
  are 
  amen- 
  

   able 
  to 
  the 
  same 
  treatment, 
  namely, 
  thorough 
  spraying 
  with 
  an 
  

   arsenical 
  poison 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  the 
  young 
  leaves 
  appear 
  in 
  the 
  spring. 
  

   It 
  is 
  important 
  that 
  the 
  application 
  be 
  made 
  early, 
  otherwise 
  it 
  may 
  

   be 
  difficult 
  to 
  destroy 
  the 
  voracious 
  caterpillars 
  before 
  the 
  buds 
  have 
  

   been 
  seriously 
  injured. 
  

  

  