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Indiana sneaks of them as a new enemy of the strawberry, but 
Indiana, speaks further than to refer them to the Tortncidae. 
T°h,‘ »“ l? W«l.h and Riley, and 
1 and timired bv them in both larval and immature stages, 
mS the LmToiAnl^opem fragarue, in the “American Ento- 
un( ) e - n, £ Tanuarv 1868 In this article the authors also give 
“ 0l1 amount of the life history of the insect, of the amount and 
character of its injuries, together with notes on its distribution and 
chaiactei oi J suggestions of remedies against its attacks, 
Stape° C r eaTeVwfh slight additions, in the first report of 
Prof Rdev as State Entomologist of Missouri. From this account 
we learn that it had been noticed by strawberry growers m Northern 
Illinois for several years before it had come to the attention of ento- 
mologists. 18T3 it wag place d among strawberry “insects 
of the second class,” in an address printed m the Transactions of 
?! atJT Horticultural Society for that year—an opinion which be 
could not have held if he had been acquainted with its fully devel¬ 
oped capacity for mischief. 
r., 187 7 it was reported by the committee on general horticulture 
r *n < 5 h,te Horticultural Society as numerous, but not as bad as 
of the intVie “Prairie Farmer” for December, 1877, Dr. Cyrus 
TlZ^Lsc ires serious nfuries reported from Tazewell and McLean 
counties in Illinois, and from Waupun, in Wisconsin. He notes it 
counties q ml thward- re-describes the larva; gives an account 
^^ite habits and We history; reports the insufficiency of tobacco 
und Paris green as remedies ; recommends burning the field over it 
autumn and suggests that heavy rolling might possibly destroy th 
bisects. ’ In the report of the State Entomologist for this yeai, this 
article is reprinted without material change. 
Tn the sunnlement to the index to his reports as State Entomo 
lncrist of Missouri* Prof. Riley remarks: “This has been referrei 
\ f Phorteris comvtana Frohl., and while the two very closely re 
semble each other, Prof. Fernald informs me that he yet believe 
fragarm to be distinct. . 1Qftf 
In the Transactions of the State Horticultural Society for 
the occurrence of this leaf-roller in destructive numbers m Easter 
Towa, is mentioned and the results are reported of some experiui 
wbh remedial° measures undertaken by fruit growers m Muscat.* 
Tn Vol XVI of the Transactions of the State Horticultural bocie 
of Illinois (1882), Mr. H. K. Vickroy reports the good resultsj 
mowing and burning the field to destroy the leaf-roller. P 
bv the writer, in the Transactions of the Mississippi Valley H 
cultural Society for 1883, extracts from previous reports aie give, 
and the fact is noted that the insect often hibernates as a , 
In the Transactions of the Minnesota Horticultural boc '« t y ^ 01 ^ 
Mr 0. W. Gibbs describes the very destructive work of this u■ 
near Minneapolis, and makes some critical remarks on 
♦Transactions State Horticultural Society, 1877, p. 14. 
tUnited States Entomological Commission, Bulletin VI, p. 57. 
