. The insect and other allied pests of orchard, bush and hothouse fruits and their prevention and treatment . Insect pests; Fruit. Insect'S Injiirioii-^ to flic Cliei'i'i/. 195 THE CHERRY TREE CASE-BEARER. {C'o/riiji/iorii IInulijiriiiifllii. llli.) This insect is one easily tuld by tlie curious case I'nmicd by tlie cater[)illav reseniblinL;- iviuglily a pistol, and lience it has liecn called the Pistol Case-Tiearer. The first inquiry I liad concerninn' it was in 1893, when a niiinlicr nf the larval cases were sent me from Sellindge with a note regarding the great damage they had jjeen doing t
. The insect and other allied pests of orchard, bush and hothouse fruits and their prevention and treatment . Insect pests; Fruit. Insect'S Injiirioii-^ to flic Cliei'i'i/. 195 THE CHERRY TREE CASE-BEARER. {C'o/riiji/iorii IInulijiriiiifllii. llli.) This insect is one easily tuld by tlie curious case I'nmicd by tlie cater[)illav reseniblinL;- iviuglily a pistol, and lience it has liecn called the Pistol Case-Tiearer. The first inquiry I liad concerninn' it was in 1893, when a niiinlicr nf the larval cases were sent me from Sellindge with a note regarding the great damage they had jjeen doing to cherry foliage during that yeai' ( L). In 1807 a similar attack was noticed at Wxq (1), the foliage Ijeing denuded by these insects. Inqniries ha\'e alsn been received from , Surrey and Somersctshii'e. The damage done )jy these insects is chietiy in spring-time, when they come from their winter rest and cdmmence devouring the buds as they open. .i\s the leaves open out tlie>" crawl with their cases over the foliage and devour the upper epidernris and the mesophyll, leaving a pale patch of the lower skin, much as is done bv the Slugworm. Lintner (2) refers tn an allied species, i'. niiilirnrrlln, liiley, doing damage in America. LiKK-HisrriKv, Ivrc. The a,dnlt moth may be found on the wing fmni July to August, arrd occurs from to the most southern ]iart of England. The win-s are cream\--white, with numerous scattered scales, which are especiallv noticeable towards the tips of the ^angs ; the fringes are white; the bind wings are dusky, with haig iringes ot dusky -rey, paler than the wmgs. The moths are found flying about hedgerows towards evening. In length they reach about ^ inch from wing-tip to wing-tip. The female lavs her eggs on the underside of the leaves. Besides the cherry thev lay them also on the apple and the sloe, but It seems to be'always the cherry that they attack in numl,ers The ova appear to hatch in two or tlu'ee weeks. In a
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