94 INJURIOUS [NSICCT8 OF KANSAS. 



water — one ounce to two i::allons of water — and sprayed on, i.s a 

 successful remedy. 



Kan-im Notes. — In the ci*oi) report bulletin of the Kansas State 

 Board of Agriculture for May, I880, Prof. F. H. Snow treats of 

 the pest. He says: "In the past three seasons I have noted the 

 ravages of the larva of this insect upon the foliage of my neigh- 

 bors' vines during the month of May. In some cases the num- 

 ber of worms were so great as to re(|uire constant watchfulness in 

 order to prevent the entire defoliation of the vines." 



STR AWBB aRY LEAF-ROLLER. 



{Phoxopteris cnmptana Froel.; Order, Lepidoptera.) 



Diacjnom. — Attacking the strawberry; the leaves folded ; their 

 edges fastened together by silken cords, or the leaves crumpled 

 and rolled into sub-cylindrical cases. Concealed in the fold, and 

 feeding on the leaf in June, a small, brownish caterpillar, less than 

 one-half an inch long, or a small chrysalis within the fold. 



Attacking, also, the raspberry. 



Description and Life-history. — The adult is a small, reddish- 

 brown moth ; expanse of wings about one-half an inch. The in- 



FiG. 52. Strawberry Leaf-roller; a, larva; /), back of front segments of larva, to 

 show arrangement of hair-bearing tubercles; d, back of last segment of larva; e, adult. 



sect is two-brooded in this latitude. The eggs for the first brood 

 are laid in May, and the larvae attain full development in June. 

 About July 1 the bulk of the first-brood individuals are in chrys- 

 alis (they pupate within the folds of the leaves), and the adults 

 soon appear. The eggs are soon laid, and by September 1 the 

 voracious larvie are capable of doing much damage. In the mid- 

 dle or latter part of this month the larvos of this second brood 

 are ready to pupate. They pass the winter in the pupal stage, 

 the moths emerging tlie following spring. 



