62 LEPIDOPTERA. 



small size, rarely expanding over an inch, and are 

 folded roof-like over the body. The fore wings are 

 broad, compared with those of the Tineidae, and are 

 much rounded on the costa." (i. 332). 



The larvae of many species roll up leaves, fasten them 

 together with silk, and live inside of the rolls thus 

 formed. 



The Codling moth or Apple-worm, Carpocapsa 

 pomonella Linn. — The moth appears in early summer 

 and lays its eggs on apples and pears, laying them 

 singly in the blossom end of the fruit. The larva, 

 when hatched eats its way to the core, usually causing 

 the fruit to fall prematurely. When full grown the 

 larva burrows out through the side of the fruit, and 

 undergoes its transformations within a cocoon, under 

 the rough bark of the tree, or in some other protected 

 place. This species is both single and double brooded. 

 The larva; winter in their cocoons, transforming to 

 pupae during early spring. 



Remedies. — Pick up and destroy the infested fruit 

 as soon as it falls, or allow hogs to feed upon it. Trap 

 the larvae by providing a place for them to spin their 

 cocoons. This may be done in many ways ; the most 

 effectual way is to put a band of hay or, other mate- 

 rial around the trunk of the tree.* 



TiNEID/E. 

 " The Tineids arc a family of great extent, and the 



* The following arc Prof. Riley's rules for the use of these bands : " ist, the hay-bi nds 

 should be placed around the tree by the first of J unc, and kept on till every apple is off the 

 ■ tree ; 2nd, it should be pushed up or down, and the worms and chrysalids crushed that were 

 under it, every week, or at the very latest, every two weeks; 3rd, the trunk of the tree 

 should be kept free from old rough bark, so as to give the worms no other place of shelter ; 

 and, 4th, the ground itself should be kept clean from weeds and rubbish. " (3, !., 66). 



