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is very small, being introduced beneath the scales of the 

 bud, gnaws a part of it in such a way that the stalk, Avarped 

 at the very core, loses its straightness, twists, and becomes 



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133. Piiie-eating Phalfena - PA.a?ff«a Bomhyx x>mkora.~R»Xz<ih\\rg. 



deformed. We can see from a distance when these arti- 

 sans have assailed a part of a wood, by the strange aspect 

 which the tops of the trees present. All the terminal buds 

 are more or less gibbous and contorted, instead of possess- 

 ing their normal direction. It is to this result that the 



