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Phoxopteris Tr. Anchylopera Wal. & Riley, comptana Frol. /ragarice W. & R. 

 Phoxopleris comptana Frol. The Strawberry leaf roller. Fig. 25. 



Expanse of wings about half an inch. 



Colors: Front wings reddish brown, marked with black and white; hind wings 

 du.sky.J,' Anjntroduced species. (See Third Annual Report.) 



Aspidisea Oleni. sphindoriferdla Clem. pr/inieUa, Clem, sacetella Pack. Aspidisea 

 splendor if erella Clem. An apple leaf miner. Fig. 26. 



rxfVi* Colors : Front wings leaden gray, with a metallic lustre, with golden and silver 

 apots^and streaks ; Hind legs gray with yellowish brown fringe. 



Fig. 26. 



"^a shows the work of the minute larva in the leaf ; the line at b gives its length ; d 

 illustrates the cocoons attached to the branch, and h is a parasite greatly enlarged. The 

 cross lines below indicate the natural size. 



Cohophora Zell. malivorella Riley, midtlpidvella Cham, Coleophora malivorella 

 Riley. The Apple-tree case-bearer. Fig. 27. 



Expanse of wings about half an inch. 



Colors : Wings brown, dotted with white ; thorax and abdomen white, dotted with 

 brown. The parent moth deprysits her eggs in July, the larva feeding on the underside 

 of the leaf during August and September. On the approach of the cold weather they 

 desert the leaves and fasten their cases to the twigs, as represented at (a) where they pass 

 the winter. When the warm weather returns in spring they detach themselves and move 

 about, feeding on the swelling buds, when they do the greatest injury; maturing about 

 the beginning of July to commence another cycle. 



