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quarters across the fore wings, wliicli are pale ochreons 

 with dark-brown transverse hands; there is a dark 

 spot in the middle of each wing. The hind wings are 

 paler, and, like the fore, are sprinkled over with small 

 dots. The female is entirely apterous, dark brown, 

 with two dark spots on each segment. They appear 

 about October. The looper larva is reddish-brown on 

 the back, bordered by a narrow black stripe on each 

 side, and bright yellow below. It is very injurious to 

 the various fruit trees. 



The March Moth (Anisopteryx Aesoularia) is another 

 moth with an apterous female, whose larva is injurious 

 to fruit trees. The female is brown, with an anal tuft 

 of hair. The male measures an inch and a half across 

 the wings. These are fuscous, with various darker or 

 paler transverse bands and lines ; the hind wings are 

 lighter, with a zigzagged line across them. They 

 appear in March, and lay their eggs in bands round the 

 twigs. The larva is green, marbled with darker, a 

 white line along each side, and a pale spiracular line. 

 Where practicable, the ends of the twigs should be 

 examined in March, and the bands of eggs destroyed. 

 The female may be caught by sticky-banding the trees. 



The Codlin Moth (Cwrpocapsa pomonella). The 

 larva of this little moth lives in the inside of apples 

 and pears, chiefly the former, causing them to fall 

 prematurely, when they are known as ' worm-eaten.' 

 The moth lays an egg in the eye of the newly-formed 

 fruit, from which the grub hatches, and eats its way 



