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the common bud worm, in not having any transverse rows of teeth 

 around the body. The moth is of an ashen gray color above, 

 whitish, and lustrous like satin beneath. The fore wings are 

 very narrow, and are sprinkled with a few black dots, three of 

 which, near the middle, are larger than the rest. The hind wings 

 are also narrow, blackish, and surrounded by very broad fringes. 

 The antennae are bristle-formed. The palpi, or feelers, project 

 horizontally from the head, in the form of a brush-like snout, and 

 from the middle of the upper side of each of them, arises ihe 

 curved and pointed terminal joint, like a little spur. The tongue 

 is spirally rolled, and when extended, measures about half the 

 length of the antennae. This little moth rests with the fore part 

 of the body slightly elevated, the narrow wings horizontally in- 

 cumbent upon the body, and the antennae turned backwards, and 

 lying straight upon the wings. The insect may now be seen on 

 the wing, in the evening, soon after sunset ; and it may also be 

 found in considerable numbers, among the grass, at a somewhat 

 earlier hour. 



A scientific name and character, with the classification of this 

 moth, remain to be given. It belongs to a group or tribe called 

 TiNEAD^, and to the genus Rhinosia of Treitschke, or Chaitcchilus 

 of Stephens. Most of the insects belonging to the above named 

 tribe, are of small size, and have diminutive specific names, end- 

 ing in ella. As this insect frequents the orchard (in latin pome- 

 tum) it may be called Rhinosia pometella, the little Rhinosia, or 

 the little Snout-moth of the orchard. From other species of the 

 same genus, it may be distinguished by the following characters: 

 Fore-wings, ash-gray, sprinkled with blackish dots, three of 

 which, larger than the rest, are placed triangularly near the mid- 

 dle ; a dusky transverse band near the tips, and a curved row of 

 seven black dots at the origin of the terminal fringe. Hind- 

 wings, dusky, with a leaden lustre, black veins, and very long 

 black fringes. Body and legs beneath, yellowish white, with the 

 lustre of satin. Length, from the forehead to the ends of the 

 closed wings, five sixteenths of an inch. Expansion of the wings, 

 five eighths of an inch. 



Some hope may be entertained that the little parasites, alluded 

 to in the foregoing account, may tend greatly to check the future 



