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MONTANA EXPERIMENT STATION. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATES. 



Photographed from nature from specimens secured at Missoula, 

 Montana. The natural size of the various stages is shown in the 

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

 scopic in size. 



Figure i 

 Figure 2 

 Figure 3 

 Figure 4 

 Figure 5 

 Fisfure 6 



PLATE L 



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. 

 Figure 2. 



Larvae taken from the roots of one strawberry plant 

 Strawberry plant showing foliage eaten by the adults 

 of the strawberry crown girdler. 



