N-acyl-N-phenyltetrahydrophthalamic acid derivatives represented by the general formula (I), ##STR16## wherein X and Y each individually represent hydrogen atoms or halogen atoms, R.sup.1 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a lower alkoxyl group, a lower alkenyloxy group, a lower alkynyloxy group, a lower alkoxyalkoxy group or a lower alkoxycarbonylalkoxy group, R.sup.2 represents a lower alkyl group, a halogenated lower alkyl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group, and R.sup.3 represents a lower alkoxy group, a lower alkenyloxy group, a lower alkynyloxy group, a lower alkoxyalkoxy group, benzyloxy group or a lower alkoxycarbonylalkoxy group.