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Insect Pests. 



{A. V. D. J!i,>ta„l. 

 TJO, :2l'.— FIOntE-MF-S 3InTHS. 

 3Ia]e and female. 



of tliL'ir smlilen disappenraiiee after an almormal uumljer have appeared, 

 as in 1S87, is inidoulitedly the fact tliat a heavy storm dv wind knocks 



tlieni oft' the trees, and then many are 

 destroyed. This was pointed out hy 

 Taschenberg many years ayo. 



LiFK-HiSToi;v, Haisits, Etc. 

 Tiie motli (Fig. 22) apjiears ia 

 Septeml.ier and October, but a few 

 may hatch as early as the 20th of 

 .;Vugust, and some liave been taken 

 as late as tlie 28th of ^",-,^,2;^],^^,^ 

 ^liss Ormei-od (3) records them as 

 l.ieiug taken at Toddingtou on the 

 18th of Xovember. In size the moth 

 varies ^'ery consideraldy ; tlie male 

 may be less tlian 1 inch in expanse 

 of wings, the female may be o^'er 

 Ij inch. The f(jre wings are of 



various shades of greyish-brown -and bro^vn wiUi pale ring-like 



spots, one on each wing, being of tlie form of the figure 8; in "some 



specimeirs a faint r( isy tinge is notice- 

 able ; the hind wings are greyish- 

 brown with darker ray-like lines 



and a dark wedge-sliaped patch at 



tlie hinder angle. 



It is common and widely spread 



all over Krilain, and may )je fouml 



flying at dusk and when dark hi 



orchards and gardens and ahmg 



hedgeroM's. 



Tlie female lays her eggs singly 



and usually widely ajiart, Imt n(l^^- 



and then one finds them in groups 



of five up to ten, and aeC(.irdi]ig to 



(Jrmerod (1) in groups of six or 



eight. They are jilaced aiiywliere 



on the shoots and spurs of the fruit 



trees and are easily seen owIiil;' to 



their grey or greyisli-bro«-u hm. ; 



they are round in lovm, tlatlened' beloNv and with radiating ribs. 



As described by liuckh'r (2), they are curiously covered witirbrown 



I ;■'. tMaiilcn. 

 -.:. — KiliJS UK I'llil 1;K-(IF-S MriTH. 



(livcatl.v i-nlarL'cil.) 



