372 INSECTS INJURIOUS TO THE CRANBERRY. 



The larva (see Fig. 385) is less than half an inch long, slen- 

 der, and tapering a little towards each extremity, of a pale- 



FIG. 385. 



green color, with six longitudinal pale-reddish lines, which 

 are broken and irregular on the anterior segments, and more 

 distinct and wider on the hinder part of the body. On each 

 segment there are several small black tubercles, from each of 

 which arises a single hair. The moth is undescribed. 

 For remedies, see No. 227. 



No. 231. The Cranberry Span-worm. 



Cidaria Sp. 



In Massachusetts, and especially in the vicinity of Harwich, 

 this larva has proved very injurious, having in one instance 

 entirely stripped the foliage of about two acres of cranberry- 

 vines. It very much resembles the larva of the canker- 

 worm, and is about the same size; its color is dull reddish 

 brown, with longitudinal lines and many dots of dark brown. 

 There is a broad dusky band just above the spiracles; the 

 under side is paler than the upper. When full grown, it 

 measures about eight-tenths of an inch in length. The moth 

 has not been described. 



For remedies, see No. 227. 



No. 232, The Hairy Cranberry Caterpillar. 



Arctia Sp. 



This is a caterpillar which sometimes injures cranberry- 

 vines in New England. It is about an inch and a half long, 

 is covered with yellowish-gray hair, and has longer tufts of 

 darker hair at each end of the body. It devours the leaves 



