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Insect Pests. 



Specimens were received in 1894 from Headley, the maggots 

 being found in tlieir cocoons under the " slireds '' used for nailing 

 wall trees. It has also been reported as being very trouUesome in 

 some years in the Isle of Thanet. 



Besides feeding on culti^'ated plums and damsons, it also feeds on 

 the sloe and other ^\'ild prunes. 



Ltfe-Histoi:y and Haf.its. 

 The moth appears in dune and duly. The female places her egg 



[F. r. Tli,,J,al,l 

 FTd. 23S. — I'MM ATTAOKKlJ liV THE l:i;D M.Uiil.iT r.F IJpa,li„ finicbn.uia. 



n. nitrainT. Imlc of larva ; (,, larva ; ,-, i^avity ratcn out avouua stone ; ,;, galk-rj to ,,toia.. 



at the base of the stalk, and in ten days the small caterpillar hatches, 

 and at once enters the fruitlet. 



The moth is about h incli in wing expanse. The fore win-s are 

 purplish-grey, clouded with smokv-ni-ev ; at the anal an.de\s an 

 indistinct ocellated patch, edged with shiny pale ^rev and enclusin.' 

 tour black dots. Staintou (3) describes the fore win-s as orev, clouded 



