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Sasaki be directed to make a full report concerning this insect. It 

 seems that this suggestion was adopted, and that Professor Sasaki was 

 instructed by Count Ok urn a, the Japanese minister for foreign affairs, 

 to prepare the report, which he did with his customary care. The re- 

 port was submitted to the Secretary of Agriculture through the United 

 States minister to Japan and the Secretary of State during July. Mean- 

 time we sent to Professor Sasaki for specimens of the insect, which have 

 not yet arrived, but upon their receipt we shall reproduce some of his 

 figures and give the insect a definite name, and shall publish his some- 

 what elaborate account in full. Meantime, however, the matter is of 

 so much interest to the fruit-growers of the Pacific coast that we sub- 

 mit a short abstract. 



The moth, according to Professor Sasaki (and judging from his fig- 

 ures he is correct) is a species of Carpocapsa very closely allied to our 

 Codling Moth, and hence it is called by Professor Sasaki "a new Cod- 

 ling Moth injurious to the Peach." The peach crop is very large in 

 Japan, aud during some seasons more than 90 per cent, of the fruit is 

 injured by this insect. Not infrequently more than one larva are 

 found in a single peach. No means have been heretofore suggested for 

 the protection of the crop. Professor Sasaki's studies were begun in 

 April 1, 1888, and concluded in May, 1889. The moth appears twice 

 in the year, viz, in June and in August, although certain individuals 

 of the first brood are delayed until July and others of the second brood 

 until September. They hide in the day-time and at twilight fly about 

 the trees. The eggs are deposited singly on the apex of the fruit or 

 along the suture passing from the apex toward the base. Usually one 

 or two, but sometimes more, eggs are deposited in a single fruit. The 

 eggs are spherical in form, measuring one-half millimeter in diameter. 

 They are yellow in color. They hatch in a few days, and the larva 

 molts four times. Upon first hatching it crawls actively about in 

 search of a suitable spot at which to enter the fruit ; it then gnaws its 

 way in, turns its head towards the opening and closes it with silk, some- 

 times pushing its excrement outside. It then burrows to the stone and 

 makes a large excavation around it. Occasionally a larva will leave 

 one peach and enter another. 



The fruit is continuously infested from June until September, those 

 containing larva? ripening early and dropping off. Infested fruit may 

 be recognized in the following ways : 



(1) It becomes soft and may be crushed by a slight pressure on ac- 

 count of the central excavation. 



(2) It has usually a small cluster of yellowish-brown excrement on its 

 surface. 



(3) It bears irregular patches of a greyish-yellow or reddish-blue color. 

 The larva attains its full growth in from three to four weeks after 



hatching; it then leaves the fruit and falls to the ground, if the fruit 

 has not already fallen. 

 The larva enters the ground to a depth of 1 or 2 inches, where it 



