The moths issue from the ground late in the fall, or they may con¬ 
tinue to come out during mild days through the winter. The females 
crawl up the trunks of trees, and after pairing with the males de¬ 
posit their eggs in masses of from 100 to 200 each on the surface of 
the twigs or trunks of the trees. These remain through the winter 
to hatch in the spring with the onening of the leaves, upon which 
the young larvse feed with such avidity that a tree may be stripped 
of its leaves before their presence is suspected. The larva is pale 
whitish green as a ground color, with a broad, brown, dorsal, median 
band and three lateral white lines, the middle of which is fainter 
than the other two. Below, there is a broad brown stigmatal line, 
and below that a broad white line. Body beneath, flesh colored; head 
brown. This species has twelve legs, six abdominal prolegs besides 
the six true thoracic legs. Of the prolegs, the anterior pair are much 
smaller than the others, there seeming to be a tendency in them to 
become abortive. 
When full grown this forms a cocoon of tough silk beneath the sur¬ 
face of the ground, the outside somewhat interwoven with the sur¬ 
rounding dirt, from which the moth in due time issues. 
Remedies .—The remedies that will apply to the Spring Canker worm 
will in a measure apply to this species, such as the traps of tar, print¬ 
er’s ink, the muslin on tin traps, etc., with the same force; but where 
fall plowing is recommended as a means of breaking up the cocoons 
and exposing the naked chrysalids to the action of rains and freezing 
temperature, or to expose them to the attack of birds, will not apply 
to this species, for the reason that the cocoons are of such tough ma¬ 
terial that plowing will not break them open, hence they would sus¬ 
tain no injury by such a process. The egg masses may be sought and 
destroyed before^they hatch in the spring where their presence the 
preceding season would lead us to apprehend danger. 
There is a little consolation to the orchardist in treating an orchard 
for this kind of an insect, and that is where the female is wingless 
the migrations of the species must be slow, confined to the distance 
the mother moth may crawl, and the accidental carrying of the egg 
masses, hence with the proper application of means that may be 
employed their spread may be stayed and the insects even destroyed. 
Anisopteryx vernata, Harris—The Canker Worm Moth. 
The character and habits of this species have been so well written 
up in Dr. LeBaron’s second report that but little need be said here 
further than to give a brief general description of the species. The 
worm resembles the preceding in many particulars, but differs some 
in the stripes and has but ten legs instead of twelve. In length this 
is from .70 to .80 of an inch, while the Fall Canker worm is about .90. 
In this there are four pale longitudinal lines on each side of the body 
instead of three, there being no broad dark dorsal stripe, and the head 
is distinctly mottled. 
This species pupates in the ground like the preceding, but the 
cocoon is not so strong and tough, and the moth does not issue till 
spring. The male of this is pale and colored, the fore wings are crossed 
by three interrupted black lines, consisting of black dots on the costa 
