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wind. An English journal mentions the fact that travelers are often 

 affected when the wind blows strongly from infested hedges along the 

 side of the road. 



FOOD PLANTS IN AMERICA. 



The brown-tail moth does not appear to have so wide a range of food 

 plants as the gipsy moth, yet the number is so large and the value of 

 many of them so great that this insect must be classed among the 

 serious pests. 



It has already been found feeding on the following species: 



Bass wood, Tilia americana. 



Geranium, Geranium sanguineum. 



Grape, Vitis cordifolia. 



Virginia creeper, Ampelopsis quinquefolia. 



Sugar maple, Acer saccliarinum. 



White maple, Acer dasycarpum. 



Sycamore maple, Acer pseudo-platanus. 



Red clover, Trifolium pratense. 



Wistaria, Wistaria consequana. 



Plum, Prunus domestica. 



Cherry, Prunus avium. 



Wild black cherry, Prunus serotina. 



Peach, Prunus vulgaris. 



Spirea, Spircea th under gii. 



Raspberry, Eubus strigosus. 



Blackberry, Eubus villosus. 



Strawberry, Fragarla virginiana. 



Rose, Posa nitida. 



Crab apple, Pyrus coronaria. 

 Pyrus pinnatifida 

 Pear, Pyrus communis. 

 Apple, Pyrus mains. 

 Quince, Cydonia vulgaris. 

 Japan quince, Cydonia japonica. 

 Currant, Eibes rubrum. 

 Gooseberry, Eibes grossularia. 

 Weigela, TTeigela rosea. 

 Burdock, Arctium lappa. 

 White ash, Fraxinus americana. 

 Plantain, Plantago major. 

 Swamp dock, Eumex verticillatus. 

 Curled dock, Eumex crispus. 

 Rhubarb, Ebeum rliaponticum. 

 American elm, Ulmus americana. 

 Black walnut, Juglans nigra. 

 Weeping willow, Salix babylonica. 



The majority of the plants in the above list were attacked by the 

 caterpillars when migrating from defoliated pear orchards. Pear seems 

 to be the favorite food plant of this insect in the infested region, but 

 the winter webs have been found on pear, apple, quince, plum, cherry, 

 peach, oak, maple, elm, rose, and grape. 



PARASITES. 



Three parasites have been bred from the pupae of the brown tail moth 

 in this country: Plwogenes hebe Or. 5 Diglochis omnivora Walk.; Eupho- 

 rocera claripennis Macq. 



A large number of unnamed dipterous parasites and multitudes of 

 Diglochis have been bred from the pupaa the present year. The work 

 of Diglochis is worthy of special commendation. 



PREDACEOUS ANIMALS. 



Podisus serieventris TJhl. has been found destroying the caterpillars. 

 The Baltimore oriole, black-billed cuckoo, crow-blackbird, and English 

 sparrow have also been observed feeding on these insects. Mr. Kirk- 

 land wrote me as follows: " Whatever may be the sins of the English 

 sparrows, we must give them credit for destroying large numbers of 



