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Insect Pests. 



THE ALLIED BUD MOTH. 



(I'^iiflrirni {A,ififl">i") rarnyiaaa. HI'.) 



Tins Tormx :Motli live^ iii a \-erv similar ^vay to the Bud :\Iotli. 

 The raotli is aln.nt -. luch in wilth of ^tIuu expanse. The front 



Avin-s have tlie fiasal two-thirds hrownidi- 

 lilack, the apical one-third cloaded with 

 urey triwards the hind margin, there are 

 also two or three hlack spots projecting 

 from the edge of the central hand. The 

 moth ap[iears in .Tune an(.l lays her eggs 

 on the leaf. The larwi- aie thick and 

 dark green with hlack spots, the head and 

 tirst segment lieing black. They occur in 

 early spring and may he fjuml on the 

 apple, pear, aird orr hawthorn and sloe 

 in the heilgerow.s (1 and 2). The winter 

 same way as the Bud ^loth, according to 



AX ■• ANTrTMl.- 



is passed much in the 

 Xewstead (3). 



Kefkekxces. 



.Tournal S. E. A,ij;vi. College. Xo. 6. p. IH ils9,i. 

 First Eeport on Economic Zooloev ilirit. IMus. X.H.i. 



(ll Tlirolndd. F. V 

 (21 Throlahl F. ]- 



p. 6S 1 190.:! I. 

 loi Xrirgfcnl. li. Oai'deners' Chronicle, p. ol'2. .Jnne Ifiltl uml .Tournal Loyal 



Horticultural Society, vol. XXA'I.. pt. 4. tig. :-!l.'.. 



THE BUD MOTH. 



(Jfrji/a orrihdia. Fah. ) 



In certain years numerous inrpiiries are made drtring the summer 

 concerning the larva.^ of a small Tortricid Moth which damages the 

 buds of various fruit trees when they are bursting and for some time 

 after. These larva-, which are yirevalent to a greater or less extent 

 every year, are mostly those nf the Bud ^lotli (//(■(///'' nrcHaiia. Faly). 

 This fruit }iest has long been known in Europe, Ki:illar (^1 ) having 

 descrified its raAages as far hack as 18.37. Since that date little has 

 been added to our knowledge in Europe, hut in ISot; Slingerlaud {'2) 

 puVilished a detailed account of its life-hi.story. The accouitts of 

 Kollar and Slingerlaud differ in sume essential points, hut the insect 

 they write about is umloubtedly t]\o same. It is iptite probable that 

 liuth ol.iserwrs are right, the insect lixuug- in two wm's. The Bud 



