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Insect Pests. 



first segment ; the either segments ,sho^^■ more or less traces of pale 

 brciwii spots, four in a r(j\v on the seconil ami third segments and 



-■— API'I.K SHii.iT ATTArKEli 1;Y MTII MiiTH. 

 (Eight lianil spur slinwiui;- lla-giDu.) 



[F. E'hu.leri. 



four placed in a quadran-le on the reniainiug segments. Thet\^o 

 anterior segments have two lateral spots and the remainder a single 

 lateral sjiot. The a]iex is deeji lirowu. AMien matnre the>' reacli 



1- inch in lenuth and then pupate 

 near the a]iex of the shoot tliev 

 haxe tunnelled. They reach their 

 full-fed stage during the last two 

 weeks in June. If the dead 

 shoots are picked o|f. tlie moths 

 cau he easdy hred. They are 

 very active, running and flviuo- 

 readily. 



The pupa is of an ochraceous 



hue; the head and front of the 



thorax and tip ..f the b,,dv 



maho-auy red. It is cylindrical in form and ahout | inch Ion.'' 



<Mi the ventral surface of the penultimate segment are txNo Munt 



