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and become pupae in the soil, within a web, where 

 the pupa Kves through the winter. The peas attacked 

 are always covered, while in the pod, with the coarse- 

 grained excrement of the caterpillars, and are often 

 united two or three together by web fibres. Bemedy : 

 Deep digging of the soil before the winter, or, still 

 better, deep hoeing as soon as the pea crop is gathered 

 in. In this way many of the caterpillars or pupae 

 hidden in the soil wiU be destroyed. 



Family: Tineidae {Leaf-miners}. 



These moths are the smallest of the Lepidoptera. 

 Like the snout moths, they have strongly developed 

 labial palps, but are distinguished from them by their . 

 small wings; the hind wings are especially small, 

 and have sharp tips. The 

 extent of the wings is in- 

 creased by a broad marginal 

 fringe. When at rest, the 

 wings slope like a roof, and 

 the fringe near their tips 

 is often turned upwards. ^ t ^ 



Antennae thread-like, toler- I 



ably long — ^in the males of Fre^oe.-The Larch Moth 

 a tew species may even be 



very long. Caterpillars slightly hairy, with five, or, 

 rarely, four pairs of pro-legs. To this family belong 

 the well-known Clothes Moth; the Com Moth, living 

 in stored-up grain ; and also — 



The Carrot Moth {Depressaria nervosa = Hcemylis 

 daucella). 



Moth : Length f inch. Span of wings rather over 

 f inch. Fore wings reddish-grey brown, blackish on 

 the nerves, and with scattered whitish markings. 

 Hind wings more of a grey brown. Thorax and 

 abdomen very shiny, and somewhat brighter than the 



