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the beetle state takes place in the fall, for we have several times fi)Uiul fresh specimens 

 at this season, showing by their softness that they had but lately escaped from the 

 pnpa case. Such perfect insects, secrete themselves under ground during winter, and 

 appear with the rest of their troop in spring. 



Remedies. Man can do but little towards checking the ravages of this insect pest, but 

 nature has provided many means for keejiing them within due bounds. Some birds, such 

 as the crow and common fowl, eat them greedily, indeed the crow may often be seen 

 following the track of the i>lough in search of these choice morsels. As already stated 

 pigs eat them with avidity, and will root up the ground most thoroughly in their search 

 for them, and no doubt many other insect eating animals and birds devour them with equal 

 delight. These grubs are also liable in some parts to the attacks of a peculiar disease, which 

 manifests itself in the development of a fungous growth, jvliich sprouts out in a curious 

 manner from about the head, and the result is the death of tlie insect so oceupisd. The 

 beetles, as already stated, may be best destroyed by shaking them from the trees and 

 throwing them into scalding water. 



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Affecting the Leaves. 



3. A Strawberry-Leaf Eoller [Anchylopera fragaria, Riley.) 



This insect, which is also known in some parts of the United States as the strawberry 

 leaf-roller, is but one of the several insects which aft'ect the strawberry in this way. It has 

 been found very troublesome in some of the adjoining States for several years pnst, and in 

 all pi-oiiability it occurs in Canada al.so. In the Canada Farmer for August, 18G7, some 

 Account is given of a leaf-roller found by Mr. Ciias. Arnold, of Pari.s, Out., eating the 

 leaves of his strawberry jilants, which has been referred, and probably correctly so to this 

 species. Possibly some of our readers may recognise the insect after reading the following 

 description of its a]ipearance and mode of working, condensed chietiy from a paper by Mr. 

 C. V. Riley, State Entomologist of Missouri, and published in the American Entomolvgist 

 for Januaiy, 1869 : 



The larva or caterpillar measures when fulf grown a little more than one third of an 

 inch. It is largest on the front segments, tapering slightly towards the hinder ones. In 

 colour it varies from a very light yellowish brown to a dark olive green or brown, with a 

 body soft and somewhat semi-trans])arent. Its head is of a shining yellowisli brown 

 colour, with a dark ej'e-spot on each side. The s%cond segment has a shield above similar 

 in colour and appearance to the head, and on each segment or ring of the body are a few 

 pale spjts, from each one of which a«ises a single hair. The hinder segment has two black 

 . spots, while the under-surface, feet and prolegs are al)Out the same colour as the body above. 

 In certain parts of North Illinois and Indiana this insect has l)een ruining the strawberry 

 beds in a most wholesale manner. It crumples and folds he leaves, fi'oding on their pulpy 

 substance, and causing them to appear dry and seared. It most usually lines the insule of 

 the fold with silk. There are two broods during the year, and the worms of the first 

 brood, which appear during the month of June, chiinwe to the pupa stiite within the rolled 

 up leaf, and become moths during the fore i)art of July. 



Tiie m )tii has the head, thorax, and fore wings reddish brown, the latter streaked and 

 spotted with black and white ; the liiibl wings anil abdomen are dusky. The wings when 

 siiread measure nearly half an inch across. After pairing the females deposit their eggs 

 on the plants, from which eggs in due time there hatches a second brood of worms, which 

 come to their growth towards the end of September, and changing to pupte pass the winter 

 in that state. 



Fio. 9. 



In the accompanying figure 9, drawn from 

 lature by Mr. Riley, a represents the larva 

 latui-al size, b the iiead and four succeeding 

 sei;ments of the body, and </ the terminal .segment, 

 all niagnitied ; c the moth, al.so enlarged, the 

 hair lines at the sides showing the natural size. 



