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pears, — the last of June or first of Juljs — the larva of next 

 generation appears upon the vine and ravages for ten daj'S. It 

 begins at the top and eats downwai'd. It is said that three, and 

 perhaps four, generations appear in a season, it being found as late 

 as October. The vines do not suffer from them materiallj' except 

 during the early parts of July. They eat the previous year's 

 growth only when in large numbers, confining themselves princi- 

 pally to the new growths of ' the year in which they make their 

 appearance,' as has been stated b}' another previous authority. 

 The vine is protected by flowing. If the water is kept on until 

 first of June this generation of the worm is prevented. ' Resem- 

 bles the apple worm : ' 'Its color is light, with a bluish tinge, and 

 its head is black. It is about three-eighths of an inch in length 

 when fully grown. The miller appears to be somewhat longer, is 

 of a gray color, and has a white stripe across the back.' He 

 8a3's : ' It flies but a short distance, usually not more than a foot at 

 a time.' 



"II. Fruit vroRM. Berry worm. — 'The miller is first seen 

 about the twenty-fifth of May.' About the ' middle of July 

 it dei)osits its eggs under the skin of the growing fruit.' The 

 worm ' makes its appearance in the heny during the last of 

 August.' Its ' presence is shown by the premature redness of the 

 fruit.' ' In ten days he destroys the berry and passes into an- 

 other.' In the ' early part of September it passes into the ground 

 until the following twent^^-fifih of May.' It does not do nearly as 

 much damage as the vine worm does. The remedy is to ' flow the 

 bogs after be has eaten out the first berry.' It ' resembles tlie vine 

 worm in size and form.' Its color is ' white, with a yellowish 

 tinge, and its head is red.' " 



In the Seventeenth Annual Report of Massachusetts Agri- 

 culture, 1869-70, p. 239, Part I., Prof. A. S. Packard's 

 " New and Little-known Injurious Insects," the number of 

 cranberry worms is increased to three, all of the family 

 Tortrix. 



I. The glistening Cranberry moth. Tortrix oxycoc- 

 cana, Pack. (?) 



II. The Red-banded Cranberry Tortrix. Tortrix incer- 

 tana, Clem. ( f) 



III. The Yellow Cranberry worm. Tortrix vaccini- 

 -coorana, Pack. ( f) 



But he adds that the latter was sent from New Jersey, and 



