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Ve were not fortunate enough to observe the deposi- 

 tion of the eggs by the female moth, and, anxious to 

 obtain the manner in which the larvae commenced its 

 attacks upon the fruit, and thereby of gaining an 

 idea of the situation in which the eggs are placed, we 

 opened a number of young apples at the beginning of 

 August, and found the larvse in a young state, in the 

 upper part of the fruit, at a small distance from the 

 eye (g), its presence being indicated by the dried 

 powder in the centre of the eye, the head of the 

 larvse being turned towards the heart of the fruit. 

 Rusticus, however, states that the moth may be ob- 

 served, about the middle of June, hovering around 

 the young apples, which by that time are fit for the 

 reception of its eggs, which it lays in the eyes, one 

 only in each, by introducing its long ovipositor between 

 the leaves of the calyx, which form a tent above it 

 that effectually shields it from the inclemency of the 

 weather, or any other casualty. As soon as the egg 

 is hatched, the little grub gnaws a hole in the crown 

 of the apple, and soon buries itself in its substance ; 

 and it is worthy of remark, that the rind of the apple, 

 as if to afford every facility to the destroyer, is thinner 

 here than in any other part, and consequently more 

 easily pierced. The, apple most commonly attacked 

 is the Codling, which ripens in July and August. 



It will be evident, from the preceding detail of the 

 habits of this moth, that there are considerable dif- 



