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Tortrix rileyana, Grote—The Wainut Tortrix. 
Prof. Riley in his first report describes small yellow caterpillers, 
spotted with black piliferous spots, as tying together, during the 
monthof May, large bunches of the leaves of black walnut and hick¬ 
ory, within the folds of which they feed. They may be known from 
the Walnut-leaf Crumpler, that may be found' in similar places, by 
the lighter color and the dark spots on the segments, and by not liv¬ 
ing within cases. These worms change to honey-yellow chrysalids 
the latter part of the month, which, by the middle of June, work 
their way out of the leafy fold containing them, by means of minute 
teeth on the back. They hang here by the tips of the abdomen until 
the moths make their escape. These have an expanse of wings of 
about an inch. The color is deep ochreous, with a slightly golden 
tint, the hind wings being lighter and more golden in hue than the 
fore wings. On each fore wing there are four double darker spots, 
from the middle to the base, forming two interrupted, transverse 
lines, there being a third line of spots near the outer margin. 
Similar nests may be found on the snowberry (Symphoricarpus vul¬ 
garis), containing caterpillars resembling the ones on the walnut and 
hickory. These go through their transformations in a similar man¬ 
ner, and produce moths marked like those, from the first named 
trees, but paler. They are regarded as a variety of this species. 
Lozot^enia rosaceana, Harris. 
The larvae of this species, a pale yellowish green worm, binds to¬ 
gether the leaves of the rose, apple and strawberry, feeding like the 
others on the leaves inclosing them. Though this is its normal mode 
of operating, it will, according to the editors of the American Ento¬ 
mologist, sometimes eat off patches of the rind of growing apples, thus 
-causing it to have a rusty appearance when the place dries. The 
worm is, according to Packard, ‘‘pale livid, greenish above, and paler 
beneath, with a conspicious black dot on each side of the prothorax. 
The head is very pale honey yellow, with two black spots, one near 
the insertion of the mandibles, and the other on the side near the base 
■of the head. The posterior half of each segment is transversely wrin¬ 
kled a few times. The body is scattered over with a few minute tu¬ 
bercles, each giving rise to a fine hair. It is .<50 of an inch long.” The 
fore wings of the moth are pale cinnamon brown, crossed by two 
oblique bands of darker brown, and a triangular spot of the same color 
near the tip. The hind wings are ochreous, with the inner margin 
blackish. It expands about an inch. There are two broods of the 
moths in a season, the first in June or July, and the second in August. 
Remedies .—The withered clusters of leaves may be picked off and the 
worms crushed if they become sufficiently numerous to be trouble¬ 
some. This may be done on a few young trees, but would be a tedi¬ 
ous job on a larger scale. It is possible that air-slacked lime dusted 
over the trees may be of service. 
