SMALL ERMINE MOTH. 
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The Small Ermine Moth-caterpillars are of a dirty ash-colonr, 
spotted with black. When full-fed they do not, like many (or perhaps 
most other) kinds, wander away and bury themselves or spin cocoons 
on twigs or in localities away from where they fed, but they spin 
them in the web-nest , which sheltered them during their feeding-time. 
Those of the Apple Ermine are said to be white and opaque. The 
little moths, which soon appear from the chrysalids, are only about 
three-quarters of an inch in full expanse of their wings. The fore 
wings are usually livid, or whitish dotted with black, and the hinder 
wings lead-colour ; but they are very variable in appearance, and the 
Small Ermine Apple Moths are distinguishable by their fore wings 
having the black spots on a pure white ground. 
Prevention and Remedy. 
Shaking the caterpillars down appears the most effective remedy. 
Something may be done to check attack by cutting off the webs 
(where they can be reached), and if the webs containing the 
chrysalids can be got rid of, this necessarily is a great check to future 
increase. The little moths are sluggish by day, and, as they are 
fairly noticeable from their light colour, when hatching out (as is apt 
to be the case) in large numbers about the same time,—if the labour 
was thought worth while,—much egg-laying might be prevented by 
shaking them down on cloths beneath the trees and trampling on them. 
Figure-of-8 Moth. Diloba cwruleocejjhala, Linn. 
Diloba c^ruleocephala. 
Figure-of-8 Moth, and (“Blue-head”) caterpillar. 
Specimens of this fine caterpillar, known in Germany as “ Blue- 
head,” were last summer forwarded both from Dorking, in Surrey, and 
Toddington, in Gloucestershire, amongst samples of the various kinds 
which were doing mischief in the orchards. The grub is very 
observable from its comparatively large size, being about two inches 
long when full-grown, and is also remarkable from the head having 
usually the bluish colour, whence it takes one of its names. The 
caterpillar is of various tints of green or smoky-green above, and 
