Insects Injurious to the Apph 



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aiiiount of damage to fruit foliage, Imt it lias freijuently lieeu >eiit 

 since. 



As will lie seen fi'om what we know at iireseiit of its life-liistuiy, 

 there is no vulnerable point at whicli \\-e eim direct our energies 

 when it increases sufficiently to 1iec(.)nie a ]iest. 



LlFE-lllSTiillV AKD ITaI'.ITS. 



The moth appears in April, dune, August and Seiitembei' and 

 again in November. It is about .1- incli across the expanded wings ; 

 the front wings are u;irro\\' and lanceolate, lirowuisli-white, witli a lung 



[/■'. Ii,l,-iiiten. 



—THE AI'IT.E l.V.Xf MIXKi: {L:lu,i, 

 [, uuroiili, .serli at A : II, liilMll i 



brown line beyond the middle with a narrow fuscous fascia and three 

 fuscous streak.s, at the apex is a prominent lilack spot, the fringe is 

 brownish-grey and so are the hiud wings and their fringes. Some 

 specimens have the fore «-ings almost bronzy, especially after death, 

 the colours (quickly darkening ; the abdomen is clothed with shiny 

 steely scales and tlie duskv an teniae are long and slender, the legs 

 are shiny firowu with pale tarsal bands and tlie hind legs ha^-e 

 prominent tibial spurs. 



The females (and possibly the males) hibernate iu crevices, under 

 riililjish, especially where they can keep dry. Some were found in 



