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attack of Willow-beetle near Lymrn, in Cheshire, and the result was 
reported to me by Mr. H. Cameron and Mr. G. H. Leigh (also of 
Lymm) as highly successful.* 
Yet one more point remains to be mentioned, and this regards the 
possibility of catching caterpillars on their way down the trees in the 
summer. 
On May 20tli Mr. Hiatt forwarded me a parcel of branches for 
examination, which I found to be infested with multitudes of Looper 
Caterpillars, and on the following day he informed me that he had set ten 
men to work in an orchard of his at Aston Subedge, and had put tarred 
hay-bands round about six rows of his trees, which had been nearly 
destroyed by blight; and he reported that large numbers of caterpillars 
had been destroyed by sticking on the hay-bands, and that he had 
painted above them a band of the remainder of a barrel of Davidson’s 
Composition. 
On May 27tli Mr. Hiatt further mentioned that he had again been 
to the trees to see results of work, and “found that thousands would 
be little to say concerning the quantities stuck (on Davidson’s 
Composition), besides the numbers on the tarred liay-bands.” 
The above point is well worth further experiment. As the cater¬ 
pillars were caught on Davidson’s Composition, which was painted on 
the trees above the tarred liay-bands, it would appear that they were 
caught in the act of descending the trees, consequently were cut off 
either in the act of migration to other trees, or on their way down to 
turn to chrysalids in the ground ; but in any case further observations 
on this matter would be useful. 
Descriptions of the common kinds of Orchard Moths and caterpillars, 
together with the main points of their habits, have been so often given in 
previous Reports that it is quite unnecessary to repeat them at length ; 
but to save trouble in reference, or for service of those who may not have 
the preceding Reports at hand, I add a few lines of description of the 
colour of the common kinds to the figures, and then append some 
observations of a few kinds not previously noticed in these Reports. 
Winter Moth ; Evesham Moth, Cheimatobia brumata , figured at 
p. 56.—Winged male greyish brown, with transverse markings on the 
fore wings; hind wings pale, with very little marking. Female 
greyish, with darker marks on the abortive wings. Caterpillar forms a 
loop in walking; colour very variable—the commonest tint green 
with darker line along the back, and white lines along the side; head 
green or yellowish; legs green, but when first hatched they are 
greyish, and they may be found, when nearly full-grown, of almost all 
shades from palish green down to almost black. 
* For details of attack, and method of application, and description of can and 
apparatus used, see my 8ih ‘ Report of Injurious Insects,’ pp. 95—99. 
