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The caterpillar (b) is of cylindrical form, reddisn or }^ellowish red in 

 color, and marked with two brown lateral bands and a series of zigzag 

 white interrupted lines upon the back. There are six rows of short, 

 black, branching spines upon the body. The first thoracic segment 

 bears a pair of these spines nearly twice as long as the remainder. 



The chrysalis or pupa is nearly white in color, marked with dark 

 brown and black spots, the dorsal surface being ornamented with 

 golden tubercles arranged in rows. Altogether it is a most beautiful 

 object. It is illustrated at c. 



This species has a wide distribution, extending from Long Island 

 and Connecticut southward, and westward from Virginia over prac- 

 tically the entire continent and into South America, where conditions 

 favor its development. 



It is recorded to feed upon the passion flower. 



Oligia grata Hbn.— December 6, 1900, Mr. G. W. Morris, Poin- 

 dexter, Va. , wrote that this species of Noctuid was concerned in injury, 

 with the spotted cutworm {Noctua c-nigrum), to violets grown in his 

 vicinity. Both blooms and leaves of the plants were eaten. 



The red-handed leaf -roller [Lophoderus iriferana Walk.) — This spe- 

 cies was reared from larvae found feeding upon violets in the District 

 of Columbia, August 13, 1897. It is a common species of the family 

 Tortricidae, and infests, besides numerous field and garden crops and 

 fruit trees, rose, chrysanthemum, Lobelia, honeysuckle, and some other 

 ornamental plants. 



Unknown Tortricid. — November 7, 1898, we received injured speci- 

 mens of a small Tortricid larva from Mr. H. B. Boone, Charlottesville, 

 Va. , with the statement that the species was troublesome to violets at 

 that place. A remedy was requested to expel them from the beds in 

 which they were lodged. 



A leaf-miner on violets. — During September, 1885, a few larva? of a 

 leaf-miner were noticed on violets in Virginia near the District of 

 Columbia. The larva was obviously coleopterous and evidently 

 belonged to the family Chrysomelidae, subfamily Halticini. It mined 

 a large blotch on the upper side of the leaves. Unfortunately the 

 species was not reared. 



The yellow bear (Spilosoma virginica Fab.) — The yellow bear is of 

 very common occurrence in greenhouses but fortunately for the florist 

 it is more abundant in the field, orchard, garden, and vineyard, and as 

 it does not appear to prefer any particular greenhouse plant, attack is 

 usually so distributed that injury is not felt if careful watch be kept 

 for the appearance of these larvae so that they may be promptly 

 destroyed. 



June 27, 1900, Mr. Dorsett reported this species as occurring on 

 violets in his greenhouse at Garrett Park, Md. A number of speci- 

 mens were brought to the writer from which the moths began issuing 

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