2Qg THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



appetite by consuming the tender buds of the grape-vme, just -^ *ey are 

 swelling. These insects have been so plentiful ,n some v.neyavds tha the 

 crop hfs been almost destroyed. Where .hey P™-'-;" ^^^ *^^ 

 may be collected by spreading sheets on the ground under the vu e and 

 jarring the canes early in the morning when the beetles are ma o^pd 

 condition, or they may be poisoned by syringntg the swelhng buds wtth 



Paris green and water, . . , • 



The plum curculio, ConotraAelus nenuphar, continues ,.s m'^'*''™" 

 work in most parts of the Province where plums are 8™-"-.-^ he 1^- 

 attending the jarring of the trees for the purpose ° -?;"'"«/! "j'^^^, 

 the insects deters many from undertakmg the cult.vat.on of h. useM 

 fruit. From the evidence thus far obtained tt would appear that 4e 

 remedy which has been found so efficacious in snbdutng the codlurg moth 

 of the apple, namely, Paris green and water »., ''V''"''"™" "^ ^ 2" 

 spoonful of thepotson to a vf^'^^^^ZTl^ 

 crop from the ravages of curcuho. This remedy snouia o ; 



tried by thoroughly syringing the trees w,th tt as soon as the .r.nt has e 

 and repeating the application in a few days should ra,n occu to wash 

 off Should this remedy prove uniformly successfnl a great stimulus will 

 be' given to plum culture. During the past season the plurn crop on my 

 own%rou„ds was a failure, the trees having had but very f- b^-- 

 In the absence of plums the curculios deposited the.r eggs ^ly on th 

 pears, manifesting a special fondness for Clapp's Favonte. A dro gh 

 watched them carefully, I failed to find a single example "^e the m 

 matured in this fruit. The only effect observed was ^'f *^'*»" ™ ," 

 in the form of the fruit and the prodttctton ol a hard spot where the 

 incision was made. While collecting moths a. -8-'^'^ '" *! ,^"1°;^ 

 observed one evening about nitre o'clock, among *<= ■"='='=f J,^'f ,'"^7^ 

 ,0 sip the sweets, two specimens of the plum curcuho. I c^P'-^d one 

 of them, the other fell to the ground before I could secure >t. Experi- 

 ments made by me some years ago proved that th.s tnsect ,s act.ve a 

 night as well as in daylight, but this is the only tnstance I have ktrown of 

 its being attracted to sugar at night. 



From one locahty complaints reached me about the middle of June 

 last of the abundance of a spiny caterpillar feeding on currant bushes 

 which my correspondent supposed to be a new currant worm. Specmens 

 :te forwarded and proved to be the caterpillar of the gray Comma bu^ 

 Tfly Grap,a progl. This insect may be found almost every season m 



