. Farmers' foes and their remedies [microform]. Pests; Agricultural pests; Agricultural pests; Animaux et plantes nuisibles, Lutte contre les; Ennemis des cultures; Ennemis des cultures, Lutte contre les. 148. M (Fio. 48.) Adult above, larva beneath; egg mass on twig at right; damaged pear with pupa at left. All natural size. (Be-drawn from Matsumura.) and In Canadian Entomologist, 1899, page 10. where you will see tliat ITof. Renter, in an article on an outbreak of tiie same insect in Finland, dissents, as I had done itreviously, from the opinion that our insect is the same as tlie Japanese L
. Farmers' foes and their remedies [microform]. Pests; Agricultural pests; Agricultural pests; Animaux et plantes nuisibles, Lutte contre les; Ennemis des cultures; Ennemis des cultures, Lutte contre les. 148. M (Fio. 48.) Adult above, larva beneath; egg mass on twig at right; damaged pear with pupa at left. All natural size. (Be-drawn from Matsumura.) and In Canadian Entomologist, 1899, page 10. where you will see tliat ITof. Renter, in an article on an outbreak of tiie same insect in Finland, dissents, as I had done itreviously, from the opinion that our insect is the same as tlie Japanese Lavema ; The report referred to by Dr. Fletcher, contains the following statement :— "An Interesting account of a Japanese insect (Lavema herellera, Dup.). which, if different, resembles In most respects the apple fruit-miner in a very remarkable manner, Is given with an excellent figure in Bulletin No. 10, new series. Division of Entomology, U. S. Department of Agriculture, by Prof. Matsumura, of Sapiwro, Japan. In a foot-note to this article. Dr. Howard hns suggested, from the resemblance of Prof. Matsumura s figure to bred specimens of the apple fruit-miner from British Columbia, which he was good enough to examine, the identity of the two insects. Although it is true the figure cited and the perfect moths of the fruit-miner do agree closely, the habits of the larva?, as given by Prof. Matsumara (loc. cit.) and as described in niv annual report for 1S9<!, differ ujKJn what seem to be such Important characters that for the present I can hardly think that the two attacks are by the same si)ecles. The writer of the article referred to says that the larvre live onlv in apple cores, injuring the seeds, that there is usually only one egg deposited on each apple, and that the cocoons are made In the earth whenever Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - colo
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