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The Shoot and Fruit Moth. 



[JUNE, 



uncoated. The minimum temperature of the store for 14^ 

 weeks was 58 degrees, whilst the maximum was 70 degrees, 

 and the mean 65 degrees. On January 19th, 1904, the cheeses 

 coated with wax weighed 44I lb., showing a loss of lb., or 

 3*22 per cent., whilst the plain duplicates weighed 43 J lb., and 

 lost 2 J lb., or 5*91 per cent, showing a saving of 2*69 per cent, 

 in weight in favour of the paraffin coating. The cheeses coated 

 with wax were adjudged by experts to be superior in flavour 

 and texture to those which were not so treated. 



This little moth, lncurvaria (Tinea, CI.) capitella, Fab., which 



is related to the raspberry moth (Lampronia rubiella)* is one of 



a section the members of which show con- 



T 5 e S 1 ?, 0 ^, 8,1 ^ siderable variations in life history, the 

 Fruit Moth of ' M1 , , \ 



Red and. Black caterpillars of some feeding exposed on 



Currants. leaves, others mining in leaves, and still 

 others feeding at one stage of their life on 

 orte part of the plant and in another stage on a different part 

 of the plant. The lncurvaria capitella behaves in the last men- 

 tioned way, feeeding in the young stage in the currants, and 

 completing its growth in the buds and young shoots of the 

 currant tree. 



The moth measures in length about half an inch, and in spread 

 of fore-wings over half an inch. The head is deep yellow in 

 colour ; the fore-wings dark brown, with a slight purple tinge. 

 Less than half-way from the base of each fore-wing is a pale 

 yellow band running from the hind margin to the front margin ; 

 nearer the outside border on each fore-wing are two light yellow 

 spots. The hind-wings are purple grey, and these and the outer 

 margins of the fore-wings are finely ciliated. The moth has 

 been found in the North of Ireland, and in England as far north 

 as York and Manchester. 



The young caterpillar on issuing from the currant fruit 

 previous to its hibernation is extremely small ; it is reddish or 

 greenish-yellow in colour, and with the characteristic sixteen legs 

 of a moth caterpillar; the four pairs of abdominal or middle legs 

 are without hooks. The grown caterpillar found in the buds 



* Leaflet No. 14. 



