. Annual report. Entomological Society of Ontario; Insect pests; Insects -- Ontario Periodicals. 17 along the costa, tlie largest in the niidille, and short blackish brown streaks on tlie median nerviixe, subcostal, in tlie fold, and one or two at the tip of die wing; cilia Ilind wings fuscous-grey; cilia grey, tinted with j'; " The larva was taken, June !(>, full-grown, and about to transfunii on the limbs of the plum. Its bead is black, body uniform reddish brown, with indistiuct papuUi, each giving rise to a hair, and witli pale brown patches on the side
. Annual report. Entomological Society of Ontario; Insect pests; Insects -- Ontario Periodicals. 17 along the costa, tlie largest in the niidille, and short blackish brown streaks on tlie median nerviixe, subcostal, in tlie fold, and one or two at the tip of die wing; cilia Ilind wings fuscous-grey; cilia grey, tinted with j'; " The larva was taken, June !(>, full-grown, and about to transfunii on the limbs of the plum. Its bead is black, body uniform reddish brown, with indistiuct papuUi, each giving rise to a hair, and witli pale brown patches on the sides of the third and fourth segments ; shield and terminal prolegs black. One specimen had secreted itself under a turned-up portion of the old bark of tlie trunk. Tlie cocoon is exceedingly slight, and the- tail of the pupas is attached to a little button of silk.'' Mr. C V. Riley, who has kindly determined this motli for me, draws attention to- the nature of the scales on the wings, appearing something like minute granulations. He also observes that, in some specimens of the moth, the dark marks are niore or less obsolete. Mr. Riley has bred this moth from larva; boring into tender peach twigs, an<l remarks that '' the larva, when youug, is paler, with a paler head, the body being yellow, each joint with a crimson baud superiorly, narrow on the joints, and broad, and divided transversely by a fine jiale line on the ; Mr. .1. Pettit, of (jrimsby, Ont., has bred it from the twigs of the peach, and it breeds in peach twigs, also, in Eurojie ; and Professor Townend Glover, of the Department of Agriculture, Washington, has found it feeding on the buds of the peach. Since this m(,th is found in P^urope as well as in this country, it is in all probability an imported insect, and one that is widely ilisseminated. We are not aware that it has been recorded as injurious to the strawberry before, and we sincerely hope that this apparently lately developed li
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