330 Annual ]it'jiorf for 1888 of ilic ConsuUimj EntoinoJugisf. 
The gregarious caterpillars oi" the two web-uest-formiug 
kiuds — namely, those of the " Lackey " aud the " Small Ei-miue '' 
moths — have also been very destructive ; and the caterpillars of 
the hgure-of-eight moth (Fig. 3 (^), known as the "blue-head" 
Dilohit Crrrulciiccplialri. 
Fi(/ui-c-'f-ci(jht moth (a) and blne-hcad iutivp'dlar {!>)• 
caterpillar (Fig. 3 /y), have also been present. Various others 
were present, but the above-mentioned kiuds, so far as was 
reported to myself, Avere the most mischievous. 
In regard to remedial measures, the trcatincnt re|)«)rted as 
most generally serviceable for getting rid of almost all kiuds of 
caterpillars, and also of weevil beetles, has been t^hukin(j ilicmdoivn. 
In this mauner C'apt. Coi'bett wrote me from the fruit farms 
of Toddingtou, that one man could collect two gallons of cater- 
pillars a day, by shaking them on to a sheet ; and on another 
fruit farm it was found that as many as five bushels per diem 
could be collected. The diliiculty to be met is that the cater- 
pillars (as is expressed) " head back again," aud, if not looked 
after, all creep up the trunks of the trees and re-establish 
themselves. It is, therefore, needful to lay a tarred hay rope 
on the ground round the tree (or do something) to keep the 
pests from returning. Where cloths are laid under the trees, 
a coating of wet tar run over them would prevent escape. 
The other methods of prevention depend chieHy on the 
special habits of the pests, but though well known, it is im- 
possible to compress the full description of them into space now 
allowable. 
The Codlin moth (Carjiocapsf. ^lomoneVa), Westwood, is a very 
important pest. The caterpillars feed within the gi'owing apples 
(Fig. 4), which consequently fall before they are ripe, and the 
caterpillars shortly after leave the apples, and either return to 
the tree to shelter themselves in the bark to turn to chrysalids, 
or go down into the ground tor the same purpose. For this 
