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Reports to the Board of Agriculture. 
Small dipterous maggots have also been recorded — possibly the 
lame of the Apple Fruit Fly ( Trypeta pomonella ), an introduced pest. 
The larvae of the above can be told as follows : — 
(a) Codling Maggot, pink, with six jointed legs in front, four 
pairs of prolegs in the middle of the body, and an anal pair. 
(b) Weevil Maggots, white, footless, more or less curved, and with 
a wrinkled skin. 
(c) Sawfly Maggot, white, six jointed legs in front, more than four 
pairs of fleshy prolegs. 
(cl) Fruit Fly Maggot, white, footless, not curved, small. 
Maggots in Imported Apples. 
Some larvae sent by a correspondent to the Board of Agriculture 
from Smitlifield Market, Manchester, proved to be those of the Codling 
Moth ( Carpocapsa 'pomondla). 
The correspondent pointed out the danger of constant fresh 
importations of this pest from abroad. Some observations have been 
privately made which confirm this report. 
The Codling Moth has been distributed to countries where it was 
formerly unknown in the way described by the correspondent of the 
Board. If large numbers occur alive, as recorded, there is undoubtedly 
much harm being done, and this may account for the great increase of 
this apple pest during recent years, which in some cases during the 
past season has completely ruined the apple crop. 
As the pest is very abundant in America, and probably the 
unsound apples are shipped to the English market, some steps should 
be taken, if it proves to be a general rule, to safeguard the apple 
growers of this country by similar means to those employed in 
Tasmania. 
Apple barrels have been examined and numbers of Codling 
Maggots have been found. These get distributed over the country, 
and cannot but help increase this pest in our orchards. 
The maggot in Lisbon apples may prove to be one of the fruit Hies 
( Trypeta or Ccratitis). 
Infestation of Fruit Trees by Winter Moth 
Caterpillars, etc. 
Winter Moth (Cheimatobia brumata , Linn.) caterpillars were 
reported destroying the foliage of fruit trees by a correspondent of 
the Board of Agriculture at Laceby, near Grimsby. Advice as 
