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MONTANA EXPERIMENT STATION. 



EXPL'ANATION OF PLATES. 



..;,,• Photographed from nature from specimens secured at Missoula, 

 , ]\Iontana.- ;The natural size of the various stages is shown in the 

 jsmall circles, ..except in the case of the egg which is almost micro- 

 , scopic in size. 



PLATE I. 



Figure 

 Figure 

 Figure 

 Figure 

 Figure 5 

 Figure 6 



The adult beetle from the side. 

 Top view of the adult beetle. 

 Top view of the pupa. 

 The egg greatly enlarged. 

 Ventral view of the pupa. 

 The "larva. 



PLATE. IL 



- Figure i. Larvae taken from, the roots of one strav/berry plant 

 ■ > Figure 2. Strawberry plant showing foliage eaten by the adults 

 of; the strawberry cmwn.girdler. 



