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the line, the border of the wing is dull-brown, with the apical region 
clear. Hind wings streaked transversely as on the fore wing, with 
the outer third brown, apex included. Beneath much paler; veins 
not colored; wings speckled and the markings the same as above, 
but faint; outer edge of hind wings pale yellow, either with or with- 
out traces of outer line. Length of body, male, 0.28—0.33; of fore- 
wing, female 0.85—0.45; expanse of wings 1.00 inches.” 
This insect is single-brooded as far as known; but its life history 
is not fully made out. The larve have been noticed from the latter 
part of May to the middle of July, and their transformation to pupe 
has been reported at various dates from June 15, to the 15th of 
July, while the appearance of the imago has ranged from the 8th 
to the 27th of the latter month. It is not likely that any remedy 
for the injuries of this insect to the strawberry will be required, but 
pyrethrum during the fruiting season and Paris green or London 
purple later in the year, would doubtless answer every purpose. 
THe GREEN STRAWBERRY SPan- Worm. 
(Angerona crocataria, Fab.) 
Order Leprpoprera. Family PHaLanipm. 
This species is, like the preceding, one of the minor enemies 
of the strawberry, but bemg a less general feeder, is more 
likely to inflict noticeable injury. The original description by Fab- 
ricius dates from 1798, but the first mention of the larva as an 
injurious insect which I have been able to find, is in Dr. Packard’s 
“Guide to the Study of Insects” published in 1869. Additional items 
of interest concerning its life history and its relations to horticul- 
ture, appeared in the Canadian [Kntomologist for April, 1871, with 
descriptions of the egg, larva and pupa and dates of the transfor- 
mations; and a good description of the imago is given in Dr. Pack- 
ard’s Monograph of the Phalenide quoted below. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Hach female lays about two hundred and twenty eggs in patches 
or clusters, from forty to fifty in each group. When first deposited 
they are yellow, later, bright red, and when about to hatch become 
a grayish brown. They are oval, depressed, about .8 of an inch in 
length by .2 in width. The surface is everywhere minutely pitted 
with shallow depressions. 
The newly hatched larva is about .1 of an inch in length; head 
rather large, bilobed, pale-brown with a few fine short hairs and 
several black dots on each side. Body above, dull yellowish-green, 
with a dark brown stripe on each side, about half way towards 
spiracles. below this the sides of the body are paler, with a whitish 
bloom over the surface. There are a few short brownish hairs, 
mo3t numerous on terminal segment. Under surface pale whitish, 
with a dusky patch of red about the base of the two pairs of pro- 
legs. leet. and prolees pale, semi-transparent. 
The mature larva is from 1.50 to 1.75 inches in length; body 
gradually increasing in size from head to prolegs; general color, 
