846 FIFTH REPORT OF THE i:\TOMOLOGICAL COMMISSION. 
238, under tenerana, Bays, " nol Boaroe among fir trees." Wilkinson, British Tortrices, 
p. l-i.. under tern rami .• in \ er| not in my Library) ; Guenee, [ndei methodicus f 26, under 
the oame errana : Weal wood, Bril iafa Moths (not in my Library), pinefana : Kaltenbaoh, 
Die Pflanzenfeinde, \>. 698— you may get some help from this : Prey, Die Lepidopteren 
der Sohweia, p. :;•-'•"'. 
Yours, truly, 
C. H. Fernald. 
Dr. A. S. PaCKABD. 
Like the dark olive-brown bud- worm [Tortrix fumifercma) this worm 
oats around the bud in June, gnawing off the leaves and thus loosen- 
ing them, so that they remain attached by a loose, slight web tilled with 
the castings, and under this mass the caterpiller lives concealed from 
the prying gaze of insectivorous birds. 
As it was late for the caterpillars, nearly or quite all having trans- 
formed into moths, only a single belated worm was found, which, there 
is the strongest presumptive evidence for believing, is the young of the 
moth in question. It is much smaller, nearly one half as large and en- 
tirely different from the caterpillar of the common spruce-bud worm 
[Tortrix fumifercma) and is of a general reddish-yellowish hue. 
The body is flattened, the head of a deep reddish honey-yellow, while 
the body is pale rust-red, with a darker dorsal stripe and a paler baud 
on each side. The piliferous warts are paler than the ground color. 
The body low down on the sides and beneath is yellowish. All the legs, 
both thoracic and abdominal, are pale honey-yellow. Length, 7 mm . 
Without doubt the caterpiller hibernates when nearly full-grown, at- 
tacks the shoots in June when the new leaves are growing out, and goes 
into the chrysalis state by the end of the mouth, the moths appearing 
during the first and second weeks of July. Of course it is desirable that 
the caterpillar be reared, so as to leave no doubt as to its identity with 
the moth in question. 
When the young trees and shrubs are found to be affected, they 
should be sprayed with Paris Green or London purple iu solution. 
Moth. — General color carneous and light brown. Palpi very broad at end of second 
joint, the tip, including the last joint, dusky. Head with a large flattened vertical 
tuft, hanging " bang "-like over the forehead. Fore wings dotted with black along 
the costa. From the inner third of the costa a fine, narrow black line extends ob- 
liquely to the middle of the wing, then making a sharp angle on the median vein, and 
thence going to the inner edge of the wing opposite the point of origin on the costa; 
between thisline and the base of the wing are two line broken irregularly curved black 
lines. In the middle of the wing from the costal black spots, three black lines con- 
verge to a number of black scales in the middle of the wing, opposite but outside ot 
tin- point of the bent Hue; below these black scales is a darker brown patch. On the 
outer fourth of the wing a large, conspicuous triangular flesh-colored patch extends 
to near the internal angle. In the middle, on the costa, is a black speck, as also along 
the sides, and the apex of the patch is seen under a good lens to be edged with white. 
Beyond the pateh, in the middle of the wing, are a few black scales and a short white 
line. A black apical spot. Fringe blackish. Hind wings dark slate color; legs 
branded with blackish. Expanse of wings, 14 mm . 
