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Indiana, speaks of them as a new enemy of the strawberry, but 
does not identify them further than to refer them to the Tortricide. 
The species was first clearly discriminated by Walsh and Riley, and 
described and figured by them in both larval and immature stages, 
under the name of Anchylopera fragarie, in the ‘American Ento- 
mologist” for January, 1868. In this article the authors also give 
an account of the life history of the insect, of the amount and 
character of its injuries, together with notes on its distribution and 
previous occurrence, and suggestions of remedies against its attacks. 
This paper was repeated, with slight additions, in the first report of 
Prof. Riley, as State Entomologist of Missouri. From this account 
we learn that it had been noticed by strawberry growers in Northern 
Illinois for several years before it had come to the attention of ento- 
mologists. 
By Dr. Le Baron, in 1875, it was placed among strawberry “insects 
of the second class,’ in an address printed in the Transactions of 
the State Horticultural Society for that year—an opinion which he 
could not have held if he had been acquainted with its fully devel- 
oped capacity for mischief. 
In 1877, it was reported by the committee on general horticulture 
of the State Horticultural Society as numerous, but not as bad as 
formerly ; but in the ‘‘Prairie Farmer” for December, 1877, Dr. Cyrus 
Thomas describes serious injuries reported from Tazewell and McLean 
counties, in Illinois, and from Waupun, in Wisconsin. He notes its 
absence to the southward; re-describes the larva; gives an account 
of its habits and life history; reports the insufficiency of tobacco 
and Paris-green as remedies; recommends burning the field over in 
autumn, and suggests that heavy rolling might possibly destroy the 
insects. In the report of the State Entomologist for this year, this 
article is reprinted without material change. 
In the supplement to the index to his reports as State Hntomo- 
logist of Missouri,* Prof. Riley remarks: “This has been referred 
to Phoxteris comptana, Frohl., and while the two very closely re- 
semble each other, Prof. Fernald informs me that he yet believes 
fragarié to be distinct.” 
In the Transactions of the State Horticultural Society for 1682, 
the occurrence of this leaf-roller in destructive numbers in Eastern 
Iowa is mentioned, and the results are reported of some experiments 
with remedial measures undertaken by fruit growers in Muscatine. 
In Vol. XVI of the Transactions of the State Horticultural Society 
of Illinois (1882), Mr. H. K. Vickroy reports the good results of 
mowing and burning the field to destroy the leaf-roller. In a paper 
by the writer, in the Transactions of the Mississippi Valley Horti- 
cultural Society for 1883, extracts from previous reports are given, 
and the fact is noted that the insect often hibernates as a larva. 
In the Transactions of the Minnesota Horticultural Society for 1883, 
Mr. O. W. Gibbs describes the very destructive work of this insect 
near Minneapolis, and makes some critical remarks on remedies 
*Transactions State Horticultural Society, 1877, p. 14. 
+United States Entomological Commission, Bulletin VI, p. 67. 
