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The Greenhouse Leaf-tyor {Plihjctxma ruhigaVnt Guen.) (lUus.) 7 



The Violet Sawfly {Emplnjtiis canadensis Khy.) (Illus.) 26 



The Two-spotted Red Spider ( Tetranyclms blmaculatiis Harv. ) (Illus. ) 35 



The Black or Brown Aphis of Violets {Rhopalosiphmn riohc Perg.) (Illus. ) . . . 42 



The Violet ' ' Gall Fly ' ' {Diplosls vloUcokt Coq. ) (Illus. ) 47 



The Variegated Cutworm ( Peridroma sauna Huebn. ) (Illus. ) 50 



The Spotted Cutworm {Xortua c-nigrum Linn.) (Illus. ) 54 



The Commelina Owlet Moth {Prodenia coinmelime S. & A. ) (Illus. ) 59 



The Cotton Cutworm {Prodenia ornithogalK Guen. ) 64 



The Eucliojita Owlet Moth ( Prodenia eudiopta ("xuen. ) 71 



The Fall Army "Worm ( LapJu/gmafrugiperda S. & A.) 73 



White grubs (Illus.) 74 



White grub of the Green June Beetle {ARorhina nifida Linn. ) 76 



Wireworms (Illus.) 77 



Miscellaneous Insects Injurious to Violets: 



"Green Aphis" 79 



A Scale Insect on Violets 79 



Butterfly Caterpillars 79 



The Variegated Fritillary {Euptoieta cbmdia Cram.) (Illus. ) 80 



Ollgia grata Ilbn 81 



The Red-banded Leaf-roller ( Lophoderns trljhmia Walk. ) 81 



Unknown Tortricid 81 



A Leaf-miner on Violets 81 



The Yellow Bear {Spilosoma virginica Fab. ) 81 



Arctia nais Dru 82 



Injury to Violets by Myriapods, Sow-bugs, etc ^ 82 



Aphodlus granarias Linn 83 



Rose Bud-worms and Leaf-tyers: 



The Rose Bud-worm ( Pentkina. nimhatana Clem. ) ( Illus. ) 83 



The Rose Leaf-tyer ( Pentkina cyanana Murtf . ) 87 



The Oblique-banded Leaf-roller ( Cacoecia rosaceaiui Harr. ) 87 



The Rose Leaf-folder ( Cacaeia rosana Linn. ) 88 



Other Leaf-rollers 88 



Fuller's Rose Beetle ( Aramignsfulleri Horn) (Illus. ) 88 



A California Flower Beetle Injurious to Roses ( Illus. ) 96 



The Rose Curculio ( Rhi/nrJi ifes hirolor Fab. ) ( Illus. ) 98 



Miscellaneous Insects Injurious to Roses: 



The Bristly Rose Worm ( Cladius pectinicornis Fourcr. ) 100 



A Rose Beetle, Trichtus piger Fab. ( Illus. ) 100 



The Oak Pruner ( Elaphidion viUosum Falj. ) 101 



The Tobacco Bud-worm {Heliotkis ICIdorldla] rhe.rl;,- S. & A.) 101 



The i\Iorning-glory Leaf-cutter {Loxostege ohliteraUs Walk. ) ( llhis.) 102 



The Fickle jNIidge {Sciara iuronslavn Fitch. ) (Illus.) 108 



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