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allow its being retained, were it otherwise entitled to stand. 
Chatochilus pomrtellus thus becomes the scientific name of the 
palmer worm moth. Dr. Harris proposes “the little Snout moth” 
as the common name for this insect; but the designation Snout- 
moth is popularly applied to a very different group of insects, 
pertaining to the genns Hypena in the Family Pyralidee; and the 
name palmer worm is so well established that no other designa¬ 
tion for this species appears to be required or desirable. 
When they are young these worms eat only the green pulpy 
tissues of the leaf, leaving its net work of veins entire. But as 
they become larger and more robust they consume the whole of 
the leaf except the coarse veins. It is the young and tender 
leaves, however, which grow at and near the tips of the limbs, 
which they prefer; the older and tougher leaves are commonly 
eaten only at their tip ends, and have irregular holes of various 
sizes gnawed in them, some of these holes being no larger than 
a puncture made with a pin. The green succulent ends of the 
twigs are also frequently ate off. And the young apples which 
were nearly as large as walnuts when these worms made their 
appearance, almost without exception had either round holes or 
larger irregular cavities gnawed in their surface. Thus wounded 
they wilt and fall from the tree, a few only having the wounds 
so slight that they recover and remain upon the tree till they 
ripen. 
Both the larvae or worms, and the moths are much more vari¬ 
able in their colors and irregular in their marks when they are 
excessively numerous, than they appear to be at other times. 
The larva when small are somewhat tapering, as represented in the first 
figure of the cut, and pale yellow varied only 
with a darker stripe along the middle of the 
back and a darker head. They grow to 
nearly half an inch in length, and arc then 
more nearly cylindrical, as represented in 
the second figure. They have sixteen feet, 
and bodies divided into thirteen segments by transverse constrictions. When 
approaching to maturity they are commonly of a pale green or yellowish 
green color, but when these worms are numerous, specimens of a sulphur 
yellow, watery whitish and flesh red colors will be met with. They arc paler 
or whitish beneath. Along each side of the back a dusky or blackish stripe 
running the whole length of the body is the most conspicuous and constant 
Wark which they possess. Above this a narrower whitish stripe is more or 
