COLORADO EXPERIMENT STATION. 
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Bulletin 3, Second Series, of the Ohio Experi¬ 
ment Station by Dr. C. M. Weed. 
Bulletin 7 of the Iowa Experiment Station by 
C. P. Gillette. 
POPULAR DESCRIPTION. 
The mature insect is, as the popular name im¬ 
plies, a moth, or, as such insects are often called, a 
miller. Figure 1, f and g are illustrations of the 
moth. About two thirds of the basal portion of the 
anterior wing above is ashen gray crossed by 
narrow broken lines of brown. Near the outer 
margin of the wing there is a large brown area oc¬ 
cupying nearly one third of the wing surface within 
which are numerous gold or bronze colored scales 
and also a few scales that are entirely black. 
The posterior wings are of a dingy brown color 
being lighter near the body. 
1'he larva, or worm, is too well known to need 
a careful description. All who have eaten apples 
have seen the apple worm (Fig. 1, e.) of a pinkish 
