ATTACKING THE LEAVES. 325 



June or early in July it changes to a brown chrysalis, from 

 which, in a few clays, the perfect insect escapes. 



The moth, which is shown magnified in Fig. 336, has its 

 fore wings yellowish or greenish brown, varying much in shade 

 of color, with irregular, lighter mark- 

 ings crossing the wings obliquely ; the ^^^- 336. 

 hind wings are ashy brown. 



The caterpillar is very destructive 

 in some districts, and feeds upon the 

 wild strawberry as well as upon the 

 cultivated varieties; also upon the 

 leaves of the raspberry and black- 

 berry. 



Remedies. — Dusting the plants with air-slaked lime, soot, 

 or ashes, or sprinkling them with a mixture of Paris-green 

 and water, in the proportion of one or two teaspoonfuls to 

 two gallons of water, would no doubt prove beneficial. The 

 caterpillar is very subject to the attacks of parasites. 



No. 194. — The Smeared Dagger. 



Apaiela oblinita (Sm. & Abb.). 



The moths belonging to the genus Apatela are called 

 " daggers" in England, on account of a peculiar dagger- 

 like mark found on the front wings near the hind angle. 

 This peculiarity being partly obliterated in this species, it 

 has received the common name of the " smeared dagger." 



The accompanying figure, 337, represents the insect in its 

 various stages. The larva, a, is a hairy caterpillar, brightly 

 ornamented, and about an inch and a quarter long. It is of 

 a deep velvety black color, with a transverse row of tubercles 

 on each segment, those above being bright red and set in a 

 band of the same color, which extends down each side. From 

 each tubercle there arises a tuft of short, stiff hairs, those 

 on the upper part of the body being red, while below they 

 are yellowish or mixed with yellow. On each side of an 

 imaginary line drawn down the centre of the back is a row of 



