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We insert again for the benefit of those 

 who may not have last year's report, figures 

 illustrating this insect in its various stages. 

 1, shows the underside of the pupa or chry- 

 salis ; 2, a side view of the same ; 3, an 

 enlarged view of the perfect fly, showing 

 the arrangement of the veins on its wings ; 

 4, the larva or worm crawling ; 5, the per- 

 fect fly of the natural size ; 6, the larva at 

 rest ; 7, the cocoon ; 8, one of the antennae 

 of the insect enlarged, showing the joints ; 

 9, an egg magnified. 



The Strawberry Chrysomelan {Paria 

 seznotata, Say). 



This insect was first described by 

 Thomas Say, in a communication to the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, in 

 the year 1824, who found it in considerable numbers on the common juniper in July. It 

 is a stout, shining small beetle, about -^jjths of an inch long, with a pale — sometimes darker 

 — body and wing-covers spotted with black, and ornamented with regular rows of punctures 

 which disappear towards the tip ; beneath it is blackish. This little creature is very active, 

 hopping briskly about when approached or disturbed, and is provided with an excellent appe- 

 tite. Specimens were brought to us by Mr. Deadman, of Delaware, Ont., on the 24th of 

 May, with loud complaints of the amount of damage they were doing to a large bed of his 

 strawberries. The leaves which were brought with them were completely riddled, innume- 

 rable holes being eaten through them. Four of these beetles were put into a wide mouth 

 phial with a portion, about one-third, of a large strawberry leaf, and in three days they had 

 destroyed the greater portion of it by eating irregular holes all over it. 



This insect prevailed on Mr. Deadman's farm for several weeks in immense numbers, 

 and did a considerable amount of damage to his strawberry beds, destroying in all from 

 one-third to half-an acre. Mr. Deadman noticed a remarkable coincidence for which we 

 could suggest no reasonable explanation. Over certain portions of his strawberry beds 

 he had sown a mixture of lime and salt as a manure, and on all the portions where this 

 lime and salt mixture had been scattered, the beetle abounded on the vines, and along the 

 borders of such salted patches for a foot or two ; as far as the influence of this mixture 

 might be expected to extend ; all other portions of his strawberry beds were free from 

 attack. We were not able to discover anything in reference to the larva ; the beetle in 

 this case continued its depredations for several weeks, and then gradually died out about 

 two weeks before the fruit matured. As the fruit was partially grown at the time of the 

 appearance of this beetle, objections were made to using anything poisonous to destroy 

 them for fear of aff'ecting the fruit ; we are not aware of its having been noticed before as 

 injurious to any of our fruits. 



