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hurst in Kent. It does a good deal of damage to a tree and is by no 
means uncommon in Kent, being frequently sent from orchards 
round Maidstone and Tonbridge. Mr. Till, of Eynsford, writes : “ It 
is very destructive, and I find one young tree quite destroyed by the 
perforating action going on in the trunk — an apple. I have bad the 
specimen I send on my desk two or three weeks papered up, but 1 
see the destruction of the wood goes on all the same, so the gmb 
is not dependent on living tissue.” It occurs in apple, peai and 
cherry mostly. This pest is dealt with in the Board of Agricultuie 
leaflet, No. 73. 
The Little Ermine Moths ( Hyponomeutidce ). 
Enquiries concerning the Little Ermine Moths which attack 
apple trees and hawthorn hedges are some years veiy numeious , in 
1903, as with many other insect pests, they have been largely con- 
spicuous by their absence. The only enquiry received has been from 
Mr. Wm. Bear, of Magham Down, Hailsham, who, in writing for 
information concerning these pests on the apple, sent the follow ing 
observation, which has not I fancy been previously recorded: 
“ Numbers of these small moths,” writes Mr. Bear, “ are on my apple 
trees (4. 8. 03), and when disturbed drop to the ground with wings 
folded and can be caught by hand easily.” Writing five days later, 
he says, “ Very few can be found now.” They were examined, and 
from various descriptions I am led to believe that this apple pest is 
not the same as that found on the hawthorn, any more than the two 
are the same species on the Continent. The apple species was 
separated by Zeller and is known as H. malinella , the hawthorn 
species is H. padella , L., the name by which our apple species has 
been previously recorded. 
An account of the two species injurious to fruit trees is given 
here. 
The Apple Ermine Moth of Great Britain {Eyponomeuta 
malinella, Zeller), and other Species. 
The Small Ermine Moths or Hyponomeuticlse, of which there are 
seven species found in Great Britain, are easily known by the leaden 
grey or white front wings having small black spots spread over them 
and by the habit of their larvae living under a nest of silk. Three 
of the seven species live during their caterpillar existence on the 
foliage of the Spindle tree ( Euonymus europseus), namely H. plum- 
