Ninth Report of the State Entomologist 339 



Dr. Harris has stated, that upon the hatching of the eggs "the little 

 apple-worms or caterpillars produced from them immediately burrow 

 into the apples, making their way gradually from the eye towards the 

 core." In this he has [until recently as will be hereafter noticed] been 

 followed, without qualification, by all our other writers, so far as I 

 recall them, and all our illustrations show such a mode of procedure. 



The feeding, to maturity, of the caterpillar in the apex of the apple, 

 had never come under my observation before, and it seems to be quite 

 new to Mr. Little, although he has long been engaged in growing 

 fruit. Possibly it may not be uncommon, and may even frequently 

 occur, when in the second brood of moths the eggs are deposited after 

 the fruit has attained such a size and position on the tree that the 

 " downward " direction that at first leads to the core would no longer 

 guide the larva thither, but rather confine it to the apex. And at this 

 time, the seeds, for which it shows a particular fondness, may be so far 

 removed from it as to have lost their power of attraction. Later, it was 

 learned from Miss Little, upon inquiry, that the section of apple sent 

 was from a Rhode Island Greening, but that " the same trouble was 

 common in all kinds of apples this fall." It was further stated that in 

 several instances, the burrows were at the stem end, and occasionally 

 one would be found where the skin on the side was affected in the same 

 manner for a space not larger than a five-cent piece, and to a very slight 

 depth. A few apples had been seen in which both the calyx and stem 

 ends had been burrowed, with the core and parts surrounding, intact. 



It would, therefore, appear that the second brood of larvae not 

 infrequently operate upon the fruit near its surface without penetrating 

 to its interior. It would be of interest to learn to what extent this 

 occurs. 



Mr. P. C. Lewis, of Catskill, IST. Y., has kindly permitted me to copy 

 a portion of a letter addressed to him, from a correspondent in Tas- 

 mania, who, having the agency for the sale of his force pumps for 

 spraying purposes, has given studious attention to the life-history and 

 habits of the codling-moth. The habits of the insect, in the anti- 

 podes, as given, are so different in several respects from those observed 

 elsewhere, that the letter will be read with interest: 



I do not see ^\hj the codling-moth should operate here so differently 

 from what it does in your countr}^, but it does, most decidedly. Per- 

 haps it would be best to simply state my experience or the mode of 

 operation here, and then you can note the differences. 



The moths emerge from the chrysalids from middle of November 

 [corresponding with our May] to March, and deposit their eggs promis- 

 cuously — in the €ye — on the side — on the stalk — where two apples 



