LEPIDOPTERA. 



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The Cherry-tree Ugly-nest Tortricid, Cacoecia cerasivo- 

 raiia (C. cer-a-si-vo-ra'na), lives upon the 

 choke-cherry and sometimes upon the cul- 

 tivated cherry. The larvae, which are yel- 

 low, active creatures, fasten together all 

 the leaves and twigs of a branch and feed 

 upon them (Fig. 293), an entire brood oc- 

 cupying a single nest. The larvae change 

 to pupae within the nest ; and the pupae, 

 when about to transform, work their way 

 out and hang suspended from the outer 

 portion of the nest, clinging to it only by 

 hooks at the tail end of the body. Here 

 they transform, leaving the empty pupa- 

 skins projecting from the nest, as shown 

 in the figure. The moths vary in size, the 

 wing expanse of those we have bred rang- 

 ing from four fifths of an inch to nearly 

 one and one-fifth inches. The wings are 

 bright ochre-yellow ; the front pair marked 

 with irregular brownish spots and numer- 



FlG. 293.— Nest of Cacoecia Fig. 294. — Cacoecia cerasi- 

 cerasivorana. vorana, male. 



Fig. 295. — Cacoecia cerasi~ 

 vorana. female. 



ous transverse bands of pale leaden blue (Fig. 294 male, 

 295 female). 



The Oak Ugly-nest Tortricid, Cacoecia fervadana (C. fer- 

 va-da'na). — The nests of this species are common on our 

 oak-trees in late summer. They are merely a wad of leaves 

 fastened together. Each nest contains several larvae ; later 

 the empty pupa-skins may be found clinging to the outside 

 of the nest as in the preceding species. 



The Pine-leaf Tube-builder, Lophodems politana (Lo- 



