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edge. This Moth was quite unnoticed at Maldon, where in the 
previous year (1879) it was plentiful. A note is given of a Caterpillar 
of this Moth being found in the stomach of a Cuckoo. Mr. Shipman 
mentions that the Fruit and Timber Trees at Ivy House, West Ham, 
Essex, have suffered very much this season from the Caterpillars of 
the Leopard Moth; and he adopts the method of forcing a strong wire 
up the boring of the Caterpillar to destroy it in its hole. He points 
out that if when the wire is withdrawn it is found to have wet whitish 
matter on it the Caterpillar may be presumed to he killed; or where 
the presence of the Caterpillar has been shown by the woody matter it 
discharges lying outside the boring, that if this is cleared away and no 
more appears the work of destruction may be considered completely 
performed. The application of paraffin, as described above, is noted as 
also a good remedy for destroying the Caterpillar of this Moth. 
23. Bombyx neustria. Lackey Moth. Rarer than usual, both 
as to Caterpillar and Moth, at Maldon. Rather common, but not 
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