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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Preston 
  refers 
  to 
  the 
  observed 
  habit 
  of 
  the 
  caterpillar, 
  which 
  has 
  

   been 
  frequently 
  noticed 
  elsewhere, 
  of 
  dropping 
  from 
  the 
  leaves 
  when 
  

   they 
  have 
  been 
  nearly 
  all 
  consumed, 
  and 
  hanging 
  by 
  a 
  thread 
  until 
  car- 
  

   ried 
  by 
  the 
  wind 
  to 
  some 
  neighboring 
  tree, 
  or 
  else 
  dropping 
  to 
  the 
  

   ground. 
  

  

  To 
  the 
  orchardists 
  of 
  Amenia 
  the 
  canker 
  worm 
  is 
  popularly 
  known 
  as 
  

   the 
  '' 
  fire 
  worm," 
  from 
  the 
  appearance 
  of 
  the 
  leaves 
  after 
  all 
  their 
  green 
  

   has 
  been 
  eaten 
  away, 
  as 
  if 
  they 
  had 
  been 
  swept 
  over 
  by 
  fire. 
  

  

  The 
  canker 
  worm 
  has 
  also 
  been 
  reported 
  from 
  Moreton 
  Farm, 
  Monroe 
  

   county, 
  and 
  from 
  orchards 
  in 
  Wayne 
  county, 
  as 
  quite 
  common, 
  and 
  from 
  

   several 
  localities 
  in 
  Western 
  New 
  York. 
  The 
  seasonal 
  conditions 
  have 
  

   apparently 
  been 
  favorable 
  for 
  its 
  multiplication. 
  

  

  Caccecia 
  rosaceana 
  (Harris). 
  

  

  Cacoecia 
  rosaceana 
  (Harris), 
  known 
  as 
  "the 
  oblique-banded 
  leaf-roller," 
  

   which 
  feeds 
  on 
  an 
  unusually 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  food-plants, 
  has 
  been 
  quite 
  

   abundant 
  and 
  destructive 
  in 
  apple 
  orchards. 
  It 
  has 
  been 
  sent 
  to 
  me 
  

   from 
  several 
  localities 
  in 
  Eastern 
  and 
  Central 
  New 
  York, 
  as 
  having 
  been 
  

   very 
  injurious 
  not 
  only 
  to 
  the 
  foliage 
  and 
  the 
  blossoms 
  but 
  later 
  in 
  the 
  

   season 
  to 
  the 
  young 
  fruit 
  into 
  which 
  it 
  ate 
  rounded 
  holes 
  averaging 
  one- 
  

   third 
  of 
  an 
  inch 
  on 
  the 
  outside 
  and 
  larger 
  within, 
  and 
  often 
  extending 
  to 
  

   beyond 
  their 
  center. 
  They 
  attacked 
  the 
  fruit 
  as 
  soon 
  as 
  it 
  had 
  set, 
  and 
  

   continued 
  until 
  it 
  had 
  attained 
  nearly 
  an 
  inch 
  in 
  diameter. 
  The 
  injury 
  

   had 
  been 
  quite 
  serious 
  in 
  the 
  orchard 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Morris 
  Tompkins, 
  of 
  Ger- 
  

   mantown, 
  Columbia 
  county. 
  The 
  moths 
  were 
  known 
  to 
  him 
  from 
  having 
  

   reared 
  them 
  from 
  the 
  caterpillars, 
  and 
  on 
  June 
  13th, 
  such 
  numbers 
  were 
  

   drawn 
  to 
  light 
  at 
  night 
  that 
  apprehension 
  was 
  felt 
  of 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  a 
  

   second 
  brood. 
  Walsh 
  and 
  Riley 
  have 
  recorded 
  as 
  a 
  habit 
  of 
  the 
  cater- 
  

   pillar 
  its 
  gnawing 
  off 
  the 
  rind 
  of 
  green 
  apples, 
  but 
  I 
  do 
  not 
  recall 
  

   mention 
  of 
  its 
  destroying 
  the 
  fruit 
  by 
  eating 
  large 
  holes 
  into 
  the 
  interior. 
  

  

  Another 
  caterpillar 
  of 
  larger 
  size 
  — 
  of 
  about 
  an 
  inch 
  in 
  length 
  of 
  a 
  pale 
  

   green 
  color 
  and 
  marked 
  with 
  white 
  lines 
  and 
  dots 
  — 
  is 
  also 
  chargeable 
  

   with 
  eating 
  into 
  the 
  fruit, 
  after 
  the 
  manner 
  of 
  the 
  Cacoecia. 
  I 
  failed 
  to 
  

   rear 
  the 
  examples 
  that 
  were 
  sent 
  me, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  improbable 
  that 
  it 
  may 
  

   ht 
  JVolophana 
  malana 
  {Y'ltch). 
  It 
  appears 
  that 
  C 
  /'^j'^r<f^;M 
  may 
  be 
  in 
  

   part, 
  controlled 
  by 
  jarring. 
  State 
  Botanist 
  Peck 
  brought 
  on 
  the 
  i8th 
  of 
  

   May, 
  several 
  of 
  the 
  larvse 
  which 
  he 
  had 
  taken 
  from 
  his 
  plum 
  trees 
  

   i 
  r 
  jarring 
  for 
  the 
  plum 
  curcuHo. 
  From 
  one 
  small 
  tree, 
  twenty 
  larvse 
  

   fell 
  upon 
  the 
  sheet 
  underneath. 
  

  

  