94 INJURIOUS INSECTS OF KANSAS. 



wa ter one ounce to two gallons of water and sprayed on, is a 

 successful remedy. 



fcuisas Notes. In the crop report bulletin of the Kansas State 

 Board of Agriculture for May, 1883, Prof. F. H. Snow treats of 

 the pest. He says: "In the past three seasons I have noted the 

 ravages of the larva of this insect upon the foliage of my neigh- 

 bors' vines during the month of May. In some cases the num- 

 ber of worms were so great as to require constant watchfulness in 

 order to prevent the entire defoliation of the vines." 



STRAWBERRY LEAF-ROLLER. 

 (Phoxopteris comptana Froel.; Order, Lepidoptera.) 



Diagnosis. Attacking the strawberry ; the leaves folded ; their 

 edges fastened together by silken cords, or the leaves crumpled 

 and rolled into sub-cylindrical cases. Concealed in the fold, and 

 feeding on the leaf in June, a small, brownish caterpillar, less than 

 one-half an inch long, or a small chrysalis within the fold. 



Attacking, also, the raspberry. 



Description and Life-history. The adult is a small, reddish- 

 brown moth; expanse of wings about one-half an inch. The in- 



cc 



Fi(i. 52. STRAWBERRY LEAF-ROLLER; a, larva; ft, back of front segments of larva, to 

 show arrangement of hair-bearing tubercles; d, back of last segment of larva: r, adult. 



sect is two-brooded in this latitude. The eggs for the first brood 

 are laid in May, and the larvae attain full development in June. 

 About July 1 the bulk of the first-brood individuals are in chrys- 

 alis (they pupate within the folds of the leaves), and the adults 

 soon appear. The eggs are soon laid, and by September 1 the 

 voracious larvae are capable of doing much damage. In the mid- 

 dle or latter part of this month the larvse of this second brood 

 are ready to pupate. They pass the winter in the pupal sta^re, 

 the moths emerging the following spring. 



