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DECIDUOUS FRUIT INSECTS AND INSECTICIDES. 



with the longitudinal axis of the case. The posterior end terminates 

 in three lobes, which neatly close the opening. The average length of 

 the cigar-shaped cases is 6.5 mm. and the width 1.3 mm. They are of 

 a light brownish color, much like that of the dry leaves. As the case 

 is made from the skin of the upper and lower sides of the leaves, the 

 one side is hairy or velvetlike, while the opposite side is almost 

 smooth. 



THE pupa. 



The pupa (fig. 10, h) has an average length of from 4 to 5 mm. 

 It is light brown, long and slender, terminating posteriorly in a broad, 

 somewhat depressed cremaster, with two short lateral spines on either 

 side; the wing sheaths are narrow, with free, pointed extremities 

 reaching almost to the end of the body ; the hind borders of the ab- 

 dominal segments are 

 smooth; there is a 

 chit incus semiring- 

 like ridge on the an- 

 terior portion of the 

 third to seventh ab- 

 dominal segments. 

 On emergence of the 

 adult, the pupal skin 

 remains within the 

 case. 



THE MOTH OR ADULT. 



Fig. 10. — The cigar case-bearer (Coleophora fletcherella) : 

 a, Adult female ; ~b, side view of pupa and upper view 

 of cremaster of same ; c, larva ; d, egg ; e, venation of 

 fore and hind wings. Much enlarged. (Original.) 



The original de- 

 scription of the moth 

 (fig. 10, <z, <?), as published by Fernald, a is herewith given: 



Expanse of wings from 10 to 12 mm. Head, palpi and basal joint of the an- 

 tennae, yellowish steel gray. Body, legs and wings above and beneath, plain 

 steel gray, much more intense in fresh specimens. The palpi are without tufts, 

 the basal joint of the antennae with a slight tuft, and the remaining joints of 

 the antennae and also the joints of the tarsi are steel gray annulated with white. 



The two sexes are similar in color, the male, however, being smaller 

 and recognizable by the blunt termination of the abdomen. The 

 abdomen of the female is larger, more or less spindle-shaped, and 

 terminates in a slender ovipositor, which as a rule protrudes from 

 the last segment. The wings are typically like those of the Tineidse ; 

 narrow, pointed, with the veins in the hind-wings almost obliterated ; 

 the hind border of both wings is fringed with long hairs, which are 

 especially pronounced in the hind-wings. On emerging from the 

 pupa the moth assumes a very characteristic pose, as illustrated in 

 Plate II, figure 4. 



a Can. Ent., 1S92, p. 122. 



