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pillars are in the mining state ; the presence of the 

 insects being indicated by the blighted outward ap- 

 pearance of the leaf : but prevention is always better 

 than cure, and it seems to us easier, as well as more 

 advantageous, to destroy the moths as soon as they 

 are produced, and before they have had time to de- 

 posit their eggs. The generally simultaneous appear- 

 ance of the entire brood in the winged state, together 

 with the very conspicuous appearance of the moth, 

 will render this a matter of great facility. A sheet 

 may be laid beneath the branches in the daytime, 

 which should then be sharply struck with a stick ; 

 when the moths, which at that time are sluggish, will 

 fall into the sheet, and may easily be destroyed : and 

 the destruction of one moth will thus prevent the 

 injuries arising from one, if not several, colonies of 

 caterpillars in the following season. (Gard. Mag. 

 iii. 435, N.S.) 



The Apple-blossom Weevil (Anthonomus Po- 

 rno rum) , — In apple-buds attacked by this pest the 

 petals form globes, which assume a rusty colour. On 

 opening one, the stamina and germen are found en- 

 tirely consumed, the withered petals forming a hollow 

 globe (fig. 1), within which lying a brown pupa. 

 About the middle of June the apple weevils hatch, 

 and on examining the buds a hole is found on one 

 side, from whence the beetles escape from their 



