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Tar Opniique-BanpED Lrar-Rouuer. 
(Cacecia rosaceana, Harris.) 
Order Lepipoprera. family Torrricip”. 
This leaf-roller of the apple* has been several times reported to 
transfer its attentions, at least occasionally, to the strawberry. In 
his “Guide to the Study of Insects,” Dr. Packard says of this species: 
‘“‘We found on the 23d of June, the fully grown larva on the leaves 
of the strawberry, doubling them up and binding them together by 
a few silken threads. 
“The worm is pale livid, greenish above and paler beneath, with a 
conspicuous black dot on each side of the hinder edge of the pro- 
thorax. The head is very pale honey-yellow, with two black spots ; 
one near the insertion of the mandibles, and the other on the side 
near the base of the head. The posterior half of each segment is 
transversely wrinkled a few times. The body is scattered over with 
afew minute tubercles, each giving rise to a fine hair. It is .80 of 
an inch long. 
“One specimen spun its slight cocoon on June 26th, the pupa 
appearing June 30th. It is sometimes attacked by ichneumons. 
“The pupa is pointed on the vertex of the head, and on the back 
of each abdominal ring are two rows of spines. On the abdominal 
tip of the brown cocoon are three pairs of minute hooks, the two 
outer pairs supported on a pedicel, by which the chrysalis is re- 
tained in place in the cocoon. The moth usually appears the last 
of June. There is a second brood in August.” 
It will be seen that this is a much larger species than the true 
strawberry leaf-roller, and it may also be distinguished by the differ- 
ent manner of its injury to the plant, as it “folds the leaf more 
loosely than the other. 
It feeds on a great variety of plants, of which the rose, 
apple, peach, cherry, plum, strawberry, beans and cotton-plant are 
the most important. 
The moth is dark reddish brown, the ground color of the anterior 
wings commonly being crossed obliquely, from before backwards and 
outwards, by a broad, dark reddish brown band, with a basal patch 
and an apical spot of the same color, all these areas partially 
limited by slightly darker brown lines. The paler portions of the 
wing are irregularly striated with reddish brown lines, three of which 
originate in the costal spot, and respectively just before, in, and 
above the internal angle. Fringes dark brown apically, becoming 
paler below. Posterior wings dull fuscous internally, deep ochreous 
beyond. Under surface of both pairs ochreous, deeper in color 
apically, where they are frequently speckled with brown irrorations. 
The palpi and antenne are dark reddish brown. ‘The anterior mar- 
gin of the wing of the female is slightly excavated before the apex, 
as is also the posterior margin, making the apical angle look as if 
it were somewhat produced, so that, when closed, the outline of the 
*For a fullacecount of itsinjuries in the apple orchard, the reader is referred to the 
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