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The Greenhouse Leaf-tyer {Phlyctxnia rubigalis Guen. ) (Illus. ) 7 



The Violet Sawn y ( Emphytus canadensis Kby. ) (Illus.) 26 



The Two-spotted Red Spider ( Tetranychus bimaculatus LTarv. ) (Illus. ) 35 



The Black or Brown Aphis of Violets {Rhopalosiphum violse Perg.) (Illus.) ... 42 



The Violet ' ' Gall Fly ' ' {Diplosis violicola Coq. ) (Illus. ) 47 



The Variegated Cutworm {Peridroma saucia Huebn. ) (Illus. ) 50 



The Spotted Cutworm (Noctua c-nigrum Linn.) (Illus. ) 54 



The Commelina Owlet Moth {Prodenia commelinse S. & A. ) (Illus. ) 59 



The Cotton Cutworm {Prodenia omithogalli Guen. ) 64 



The Eudiopta Owlet Moth {Prodenia eudiopta Guen. ) 71 



The Fall Army Worm {Laphygma frugiperda S. & A.) 73 



White grubs ( Illus.) ,. 74 



White grub of the Green June Beetle {Allorhina nitida Linn. ) 76 



Wireworms (Illus.) 77 



Miscellaneous Insects Injurious to Violets: 



"Green Aphis" ...... 79 



A Scale Insect on Violets 79 



Butterfly Caterpillars . 79 



The Variegated Fritillary {Enptoieta Claudia Cram.) (Illus. ) 80 



Oligia grata Hbn 81 



The Red-banded Leaf-roller ( Lophoderus triferana Walk. ) 81 



Unknown Tortricid 81 



A Leaf- miner on Violets . 81 



The Yellow Bear {Spilosoma virginica Fab. ) 81 



Arctia nais Dru 82 



Injury to Violets by Myriapods, Sow-bugs, etc „ 82 



Aphodius granarius Linn „ 83 



Rose Bud-worms and Leaf-tyers: 



The Rose Bud-worm ( Penthina nimbatana Clem. ) ( Illus. ) 83 



The Rose Leaf-tyer ( Penthina cyanana Murtf . ) 87 



The Oblique-banded Leaf-roller ( Caccecia rosaceana Harr. ) 87 



The Rose Leaf-folder ( Cacozcia rosana Linn. ) 88 



Other Leaf-rollers 88 



Fuller's Rose Beetle ( Aramigus fulleri Horn) (Illus. ) 88 



A California Flower Beetle Injurious to Roses ( Illus. ) 96 



The Rose Curculio ( Rhynchites bicolor Fab. ) ( Illus. ) 98 



Miscellaneous Insects Injurious to Roses: 



The Bristly Rose Worm ( Cladius pectinicornis Fourcr. ) 100 



A Rose Beetle, Trichius piger Fab. ( Illus. ) 100 



The Oak Primer ( Elaphidion villosum Fab. ) 101 



The Tobacco Bud- worm {HeUothis [ Chlorldia'] rhexix S. & A. ) 101 



The Morning-glory Leaf-cutter ( Loxostege obliteralis Walk. ) ( Illus. ) 102 



The Fickle Midge {Scia.ra inconstans Fitch. ) (Illus.) 108 



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