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APPENDIX. 



Since the present bulletin has been in the printer's hands, the writer 

 has received a cop}^ of Dr. James Fletcher's report as entomologist and 

 })otanist of the Experimental Farms of the Dominion of Canada for 

 1900, in which several of the species here treated are considered. 



One of these is the variegated cutworm {l\^)'i<h'(>nia sducia Hbn.), 

 which was the cause of a most remarka])le outl)reak in Canada, includ- 

 ing- British Columl)ia. This matter will be referred to somewhat more 

 at length in a future pu])lication on that species. 



A somewhat similar l)ut less formidable outbreak of the spotted 

 cutworm (JVoetna e-n!(jr((iu) was also reported in Canada, and as this 

 latter species has l)een given more extended attention in the present 

 bulletin it ma}" be well to mention some of the more important features 

 of the outbreak. Injury by this species in (^xnada was reported from 

 Niagara and in several places north of Lake Ontario. It was also 

 abundant at Ottawa. i\.lmost all kinds of vegetation, with the excep- 

 tion of various grasses, were attacked, the larval habits assumed in 

 this case reseml)ling very closely those of the variegated cutworm. 

 At Whitby the fruit of tomatoes were devoured, the cutworms eating- 

 through the skin and consuming the inside. Oats, peas, and cauli- 

 flower were also attacked. At Georgiana these cutworms stripped a 

 field of carrots and uiangels, devoured the leaves of Canada thistle, 

 gooseberry, chokecherry, and peas, l)ut a field of oats was left 

 untouched. 



A parasite of this cutworm {Euj^lectrus frontal IsYlow.), was reared. 



The greenhome leaf-tyer {Phlyctcenia ruhigalis Guen.). — A detailed 

 description of the larva of this species and its manner of working is 

 given with reference to injury to roses, violqts, and chrysanthenuims 

 at Toronto the previous year. 



The greenhoutie leaf-roller ( Cacmcia parallel a Rob.). — During the year 

 1900 this species came under notice for the first time in Canada, from 

 its attack upon the foliage of rose bushes in greenhouses at Hamilton, 

 Ontario. Injury was first noticed in June, 1899. A good account, 

 including a full description of the larva, is given. 



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