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with brown stigmata and a shallowly punctate abdomen, 
is formed the following spring, and the moths issue quite 
regularly during the month of June, or by the time the cran- 
berries are forming. 
As the growing of cranberries is becoming quite an im- 
portant branch of horticulture it will not be out of place to 
mention the remedies suggested by the Division of Ento- 
mology: ‘The arsenical mixtures carefully sprayed during 
June and July so as to reach the calyx cavity, will prove the 
most satisfactory preventive of this insect’s injuries by kill- 
Fig. 202.—Mineola vaccinii Ril. From Div. of Entomology, Dep. of Agriculture. 
ing the young larva as it attempts to eat its way into the 
berry, while experience would indicate that the natural 
growth of the berry, together with the effect of summer 
rains, will rid the fruit as it matures of whatever trace of 
the poison might prove injurious.”’ Keeping the cranberry 
bog as wet as possible during July also seems to be a good 
remedy. The life-history of the insect is shown in Fig. 202. 
THE LEAF-CRUMPLER. 
(Mineola (Phycis) indigenella Zell.). 
This injurious insect i$ becoming very numerous in 
Minnesota, and steps should be taken to destroy itnow. It 
seems to be equally fond of the foliage of the apple, plum 
and cherry. When we examine the trees late in autumn or 
