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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 fuscous-grey.. 

 Ilind wings fuscous-grey; cilia grey, tinted with j'ldlowish." 



" 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 coar.se 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 thor.icic joints, and broad, and 

 divided transversely by a fine jiale line on the feet." 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 liking for this food plant will be limited to the specimens 

 residing in the district referred to. Should it ever become general, it woidd prove a most 

 grievous jiest to the strawberry grower. 



Remedies. — Happily even this small creature is not without its enemies. Among 

 some larva sent to Mr. Riley, several, he says, contained parasites i probably these tiny 

 friends have been doing mucli in the past, and are still doing much, to limit their incre;use. 

 Nature's ojierations, although often silent, are usually sure. Possiblj' severe cold or ex- 

 treme heat may also affect them. Man can do little in this instance, unless he digs up 

 his strawberry roots and burns them. 



•2,. The WiciTE CJuub {Lachnusterna queicina, Knock}. 



The White Grub, or 

 loudly complained of. 

 .structive : now and then 

 up with every .spadeful o1 



Fla. s. 



larva of the May-beetle — Lachnoskrna querclna, Knoch — is often 

 Both in the larval and perfect conditions, it is at times very de- 

 the ground in certain localities seems full of the larvaj, they turn 

 :' earth, aiul the plougli will expose them by hundreds. 



In figure 8, we give representations of 

 the insect in its different stages : — 2 illus- 

 trates the full-grown grub ; 1 the chrysalis, 

 and 3 and 4 the perfect beetle. Everyone 

 must be familiar with the May-beetle, or 

 May-bug, as it is sometimes called — a buzz- 

 ing beetle with a rapid, but wild and erratic 

 flight, which comes thumping against the 

 windows of liglited rooms at night, in May 

 and early in June ; and wliere the windows 

 are open it dashes in without a moment's 

 consideration, buni|)ing itself against walls 

 and ceilings, occasionally dropping to the 

 floor ; then suddenly rising again, it some- 

 times lands unexpectedly against one's face 

 or neck, or it may be on one's head, where 

 its sharp claws get entatigled in the hair, and 

 its further progress is sljiyed until a forcible 

 removal takes place. At such times it is quite a terror to those whose nerves are weak. 

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