6o LEPIDOPTERA. 



cate, pale, often greenish or yellowish moths, and fly 

 more by day than the noctuids. The palpi are short 

 and slender, and the tongue, or maxilLx, is weak and 

 short." (i. 318). 



The larvae are " Measuring worms," or " Loopers," 

 and rarely have more than two pairs of prolegs. 



The Canker-worm, Anisopteryx vcrnata Peck. — The 

 eggs are laid in the early spring and late in autumn 

 upon the bark of apple, cherry, plum, elm, and other 

 trees. The larvs hatch during May and destroy the 

 young leaves. When full grown the larvae descend to 

 the ground and undergo their transformations in rude 

 earthern cocoons. The perfect insects appear in the 

 autumn or following spring. 



Remedy. — Prevent the wingless females from climb- 

 ing the trees and depositing their eggs upon them, by 

 means of bandages, covered with coal oil or printer's 

 ink, and bound around the trunks of trees. (2, 461 ; 

 3. 11-, 94)- 



PVRALID.'E {Snout-moths). 



These moths are easily recognized by their long, 

 slender, compressed palpi, which give them their pop- 

 ular name. 



The Bee-moth, Galleria cereana Fab., and the Hum- 

 ble-bee moth, Nephopteryx Ediuattdsii Pack., already 

 discussed, are members of this family. 



ToRTRlclDy?! {Leaf-rollers). 



" The Leaf-rollers are best characterized by the 

 shortness of the palpi, which project beak-like, and 

 are rarely long enough to be curved in front of the 

 head ; and by the oblong fore wings. They are of 



