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of this little pest in conjunction with the White-grub, he has had to 

 abandon strawberry culture. 



When we met the ad interim committee of the Illinois State 

 Horticultural Society at Lacon, in the beginning of July, 1868, we 

 received from these gentlemen a quantity of infested strawberry 

 leaves, from which in the course of the next two or three weeks we 

 bred many of the moths. These specimens had heen collected at Mr. 

 Bubaugh's place, near Princeton, Illinois, where they were said to be 

 very abundant, and to have completely destroyed one strawberry 

 patch containing several acres. 



Subsequently we received another lot of specimens from Mr. W. 

 E. Lukens, of Sterling, Whiteside, county, Illinois, with the following 

 remarks upon this very important subject: 



"Where these insects are thick I would never think of raising 

 strawberries. It is strange that I have not noticed any of their work 

 upon this side the river; while on the south side for a mile up and 

 down they are ruining the crops of berries. Removing the plants 

 does not take with them the moth nor the eggs, so far as has been ob- 

 served. A gentleman by the name of Kimball, at Prophetstown,had 

 his crop a few years ago entirely destroyed by this insect, though it 

 amounted in all to two or three acres. I hear of a great many men in 

 other places having their crops burnt up with the sun, and have no 

 doubt that.it was this leaf-roller, and not the sun, that was the real 

 author of the damage. As for myself, I have on this account entirely 

 quit the business of growing strawberries." 



The only modes of fighting this new and very destructive foe of 

 the strawberry — which, however, seems to be confined to northerly 

 regions — are, first, to plough up either in the spring or in the fall, such 

 patches as are badly infested by it, by which means the pupae will 

 probably be buried and destroyed; and second, not to procure any 

 plants from an infested region, so as to run the risk of introducing the 

 plague upon your own farm. 



We annex brief descriptions of this insect, both in the perfect and larval states. We are in- 

 debted to the distinguished English Microlepidopterist, II. T. Stainton, for the generic determina- 

 tion of the species, and for the further remark that "it is closely allied to the European Anchylope- 

 ra comptana (Manual Vol. II, p. 225), which feeds on various Rosacea;, such as Potcrium sangui- 

 sorba, PotentiUa verna, and Diyas octopetala." 



Anciiylopera fragarijE, New species — Head and thorax reddish-brown. Palpi and legs paler. 

 Antenna; dusky. Tarsal joints tipped with dusky. Front wings reddish-brown, streaked and spot- 

 ted with black and white as in the figure. Hind wings and abdomen dusky. Alar expanse 0.40- 

 0.45 inch. Described from nine specimens. 



The L/uva measures, when full grown, 0.35 of an inch. Largest on the first segment taper- 

 ing thence very slightly to the last. Color varying from very light yellowish-brown to dark olive- 

 green or brown. Body soft, somewhat translucent, without polish ; the piliferous spots quite 

 large, shining, always light in color, contrasting strongly in the dark specimens with the ground 

 color. Hairs, especially lateral ones, quite stout and stiff. Spots arranged in the normal form, 

 segments 2 and 3 having none, however, on their posterior half as have the rest (See Fig. 80, b) 

 Head horizontal, of a shining fulvous color, with a more or less distinct dark eye-spot and tawny 

 upper lip. Cervical shield of the same shiny appearance. Anal segment with two black spots 

 (See Fig. 30, d) at posterior edge, being confluent and forming an entire black edge in some speci- 

 mens. Legs, prolegs, and venter of the same color as the body above. 



