Insects, etc., hijarioas to the Platii. 



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with siiKiky-n'i'oy. Mr. Farrcu, F.l'lS., of CaiHl)ri(];4C, told me tliat 

 StaiDton's (k'sciijiliiiu was jircjliahly drawn u]) from a fadod specimon, 

 and that his specimens were more purplish-grey, and this is certainljr 

 the ca?e ; some are mueh darker than others. 



The larvir ohserved at Kingston were all full grown the ih-st 

 week in Septemher, hnt many matured in tlie end of August. The 

 caterpillar is cliestuut-red, the siiles yellowish ; others are deep red 

 all OA'er. The head is dark Ijrown and shiny ; the first segment 

 yellowish-hrown ; segments eight, nine, eleven and thirteen lla^■e 

 each two lateral spots of a dark hue, and the twelfth has a dark maric 

 in the centre of the dorsum. There are three hairs on the side of each 

 segment, except the last, which has many. Each segment is much 

 wrinkled. The true legs are pale Ijrown ; the pirolegs pale pinkish. 



\F. V. Th.'uhul,!. 

 FIG. 230.— L.lUT.i OF IHF, I'l.l-M Fl:l IT MOTH {Oimdi'l. fn Hvbn.lJit'). 



A, furtliC'T (.'iilaLwl anteiiiia. 



The antenme are of four segments, a bristle arises from the basal one, 

 and another from the base of the fourth, and there are two small ones 

 terminally. Wlien full grown the larva.^ measure about ;[:- inch. 



The larva', when they leave the fruit, seek shelter under rough 

 Ijark, debris on the ground, or as was recorded from Ifi^'ailley, under 

 the shreds used for nailing wall trees. 



In suchdike places they spin cocoons of wlriti.sh silk, and remain 

 as larvaj all the winter, giving rise to amber-coloured pupa-, which 

 are dark Ijrown towards tlie posterior extremity. Kollar (T) also 

 refers to them as pupiating under the bark. 



Ti;eye.\tiox. 

 Little or nothing has been done to deal with this pest, yet it is 

 one the plum grower has now and then to contend with. At present 



