Insect'^ I)ijui'ioHS to tJie Apyjle. 



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l(.irineil on or near tlic Ibod ]ilaiits, somclimes lietweun leaves, at 

 olliers on the bark or l.ietween (lie forks, or on palings, etc., near liy, 



There seems soniethinn' Mrong with tlie account of this insect 

 ui\"eu in the English Iranslation ol' Kolhn-'s 'Treatise on Insects 

 Injurious tii Fanners,' etc., hy .1. ami M. Lumloii, for on page I'.l'.t 

 tlie\' speak of /'. iii/rijlini as tlie ISreiwu Tail ]\Ioth, and on page 100 

 ]'. c/i i-i/son'/nr,/ is put as the (iold Tail (1). 



The popular names ai'e nwst appropriate if rightly ajiplied. and 

 this error is pointed out in case that interesting Utile (h-rman work 

 falls into the hands of those Avho are not fully 

 acipiainted with the insect's ei'onomy. 



The (.4old Tail does not form a weh at all, the 

 lar\'a' feed solitarily, hut the Brown Tail (/'. c/iri/.^nr- 

 rlin (i) docs. 



That it is of frequent aniiuyance we know, hut 

 the damage diuie ^vheu the lai'va.'. are large is 

 comjiuratively slight, compared with the little 

 known harm caused by it in the young stage in 

 the spring, \\ducli we can easil\' check. 



^t;K^■E^"t^ll^' .vxn Tkeat.ment. 



This consists of catching the larva:' by enticing 

 them to some comfortable winter quarters, such as 

 has been i'onnd in the liairding adopted for ( 'odling 

 Moth pre\'ention. ]\Ir. Small of Evesharn (4) for- 

 warded me many of the small winter cocoons f(jnnd 

 under the sacking placed to catch Codling ]\Ioth, and 

 such has been reported by se\'eral other correspon- 

 dents. These liands and the cnllected larval cocoons 

 can be burnt in w-iuter wuth the Codling Maggots 

 caught by them. The caterpillars, wdien a])pearing in any numbers, 

 can be killed ^ery readily by spraying with arsenate of lead, which 

 lias been found much more elfective than I'aris green for this species. 



The only bird tliat feeds upon these lar\'a' is the t'ackon. 



riEFBEKNl'ES. 



(1) Kollar. ]'nicriit. ' A Treatise on Insects Injurious to Gardeners, Foresters 



and Fanners.' p. 199 1 1840). 

 Cil Tiiscliiiihcrii. J-:. L. ' I'raktische Insekten-kundc.' I)ie Schnielterlinge. 



(Dritfcer TlieiU. p. 95 (IwyOl. 

 (.-ll TInnhiild. F. F. Insects attackini; the Spanish or Sweet C'liestnut. 



.Tonrnal South Eastern Agricultural t'oUege, Xo. S, p. 47 (l.S99|. 

 (4| 'Flici'hiihl . F. F. Report on Eeonomie /oolog\" for the >"ear eniting April 1st, 



1907. p. ■22 (19071. 



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