INSECTS INJURIOUS TO THE PEAR-TREE. 
The Pear Calimorpha and its larva, of the natural size, with some of the segments of 
the latter magnified to show the characteristic markings. 
THE CALIMORPHA PEAR CATERPILLAR. 
(Callimorphia Lecontei , Boisd., var. fulvicosta , Clemens.) 
Order of LEPIDOPTERA. Family of Lithosiid.®. 
The only new insect injurious to the pear tree, which has come 
to ray knowledge the past season, by which I mean the only insect 
that has not been heretofore known and described as a noxious 
insect, is a blackish hairy caterpillar, an inch and a quarter long, 
with five narrow yellow and white stripes extending the length of 
the body, which is the larva of the above named moth. 
On the sixth of May I received a box from Mr. E. J. Ayres, of 
Yilla Ridge, at the southern extremity of the State, containing 
seven of these caterpillars, with the following account of their 
habits: 
“ I send you a few specimens of the Solitary Caterpillars, which 
have been quite troublesome to my pear trees. They appear to 
be quite general feeders, as I have found them on both cherry and 
