Ifisecfs l7ijurioHS to the A}) pie. 



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small Lirwr soon spread aliout. 'J'he 

 riilour is liriglit greoii or green tinged 

 with yellow (the latter I have jiarticu- 

 larly noticed when feeding on hawthorn) 

 and somewhat paler between the seg- 

 ments ; on the baek is a narrow darlv 

 green line edged with ])ale creamy wliite 

 or grey ; on each side are three pale 

 lines, eitlier white or grey ; the head is 

 uniformly green. The general form at 

 once separates it from the Winter Moth 

 larva, it lieiug very slender and uui- 

 foinily cylindrical and about 1 inch 

 long when full grown. Tliey mature Ijy 

 tlie end of dune or early in duly, then 

 fall to the ground, where they form a fi^ 

 cocoon covered with earth very similar 



-KCIG BANII OF .MAIIOl MOTH. 



I E. Tuiige. 

 (X IIJ.) 



]:(;(J BANh OP iMAlCOH MuTI 

 (Twice ]liltiir:il siZL-.) 



to the \Vinter ilotii ; 

 the silk of the cocoon 

 is of a dull yello^vish 

 hue and \ery closelv 

 woven together. 

 I'orritt el) mentions 

 that caterpillars which 

 liatched from eggs on 

 the 3rd of April ^\X'nt 

 to earth tln:' miildle 

 of May. j\Iany may 

 be found in June, and 

 1 ha\"e taken numbers 

 as late as the 7th of 

 July. 



rj;E\"]:xrinx axd 

 Tkeatmkxt. 



Tlie treatment is the 

 same as for the pre- 

 ceding. A^dlere this 

 moth is pri'\alent it 

 is well to see that the 

 grease liands are kept 



