Insects Injurious to the Apple. 



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The female is ({iiite wiu^-less, but the moth belongs to quite a 

 distiuet family from the Cl-eometi'idie or Loopevs. IJeaiimur (1) gave 

 an excellent deseviption of this insect. It is widespread over Europe. 



FIi:. 2i;.— THK Y.VI'iiri:Kl: mutii fOriKjia anlLjiia. LiiiiL). 

 A, feiiinlo ; K, tiiak-; t.', L'Ulpty |iii|'.i sldii ; h, c(i(-n(iii; E, l;n\;U skin. 



Tasclienlierg (2) refers to its damage in Gern:any. Drmerod (3) 

 mentions that its attack is l^nown in orchard-houses as well as out of 

 doors. The caterpillars devour the foliage, and being very ravenous, 

 if present in large numbers, do a. very great amount of harm. 



LiKi-,-Hisri)i;v .vNn H.vbits. 



The male (Fig. -b lO has four ample wings, which expand from 

 1 ineli to 1^ inch; the coh.iur is riidi chestnut-brown with a 

 white spot on each fore wing, on the inner 

 border ; there are also darker transverse 

 lines across the fore wings, and the antennas 

 are pdurnose. The female (Fig. -i'>-\) is grey, 

 paler below, very plump, and practically 

 wino-less,the orfjans of flight bein^- reduced, 

 like the Winter [Moth, to mere blunt iir(.i- 

 cesses. The adults occur I'rom early July 

 to the end of September; the majority in 

 August in the south of Fhiglaud. The 

 male flies by day, especially on bright 

 sunny davs, and with a rapid flight. The 

 female is sedentary, remaining on the cocoon from which she emerged. 

 After being fertilised by tlie male she lays lier eggs in a close single- 

 layered nia'ss on the outside of the coconn and dies. These ova (shown 



0\'A 'JF "i'.U'oUUEK MOTH. 

 (XatUlill size.) 



