PLATE XIII.— PRAYS OLEELLUS. 



THE OLIVE MOTH. 



Fig. 1. Branch attacked by the first generation of moths, [a, a,) 

 eggs deposited on lower side of leaf, (7>) larva which feeds on the 

 leaf, [c) a dult larva which does the same. 



Fio\ 2. Infested l)v the second <>:eneration on the blossoms when 

 forminii;. 



Fio'. o. Infested bv the third 2:eneration at work on the fruit. 



Fig. 4. Young olive enlarged to show position of egg of this 

 insect. 



Fig. 5. Full grown olive cut in two, inhabited by larva, {a) 

 l)ulp, (b) nut, [c) seed, {cl) larva of the moth which has already 

 consumed a part of the seed, {e) part of seed bored and full of ex- 

 crement of the larva. 



Fig. 6. Full grown olive (enlarged)^ from which the larva luis 

 departed to become a chrysalis, {a) pulp, (b) nut, {c) seed almost 

 empty only the outer skin remaining, {d) excrement left by the 

 larva, ic) exit of larva. 



Fio\ 7. E^-o; (enlarged. ) 



Fig. 8. 8, 8a, 8b", Larvae in three stages of development. 



Fig. 9. 9, 9a, 9b, Chrysalides corresponding to hirv^e 8, 8a, and 

 8b, (enlarged.) 



Fig. 10. 10, 10a, and 10b, Moths with stages of development, 

 10(1), the same with wings closed, 10(2) the same seen from the 

 side. 



