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STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



making the total cost per animal less than five cents and less than five 

 minutes of time. At my request, our. herdsman, a very intelligent Scotch- 

 man who has spent his entire life with cattle, wrote me the following 

 regaining the effect of this treatment: 



Pkof. A. J. Cook: 



Dear Sir — The kerosene emulsion prepared under your direction and used on the 

 college herd has proved very satisfactory. Of all the remedies for lice which I have 

 tried I prefer this kerosene emulsion. I have used McDougall's dip, carbolic soap, 

 Scotch snuff, tobacco decoction, sulphur and lard, and pyrethrum. It kills the nits, 

 makes the coat glossy, and leaves the skin mellow and clean. 



Very respectfully, 



James Dalziel, 

 Herdsman, Mich. Ag'l College. 



As the kerosene emulsion may be kept in the barn ready for use, is so 

 cheap and effective, it leaves little to be desired, and less excuse for lousy 

 cattle. 



THE GEAPE PHYMATODES. 



Phymatodes amoenus, Say. 



The past winter one of my students, Mr. L. W. Watkins of 



his grape 



canes numerous 



lgicorn Deetie, which developed 



and appeared as mature beetles March 18. They 



* proved to be Phymatodes amoenus, Say. I have not 



i the larva, but present two drawings (Fig. 1) after 



Fig . l- -Head of Packard, showing dorsal and ventral view of the 



ventral view. head. The pupa (Fig. 2) is white and well shown in s ' — apa ' 



the figure. The beetle (Fig. 3) is red with dark blue wing covers. The 



thorax is sub-globular and the elytra sab-rectangular. The antennae, 



tibia, and tarsi are dusky. The head, thorax, scutellum, 



femora, and entire under side of the body are red. 



The entire insect, even the elytra, is hairy. The femora 



jjjf&gL are strongly fusiform; and a deep groove marks the 



elytra near the humeral angle. The insects are about 



eight mm. long, though they are somewhat variable in 



size. 



In case these borers are sufficiently numerous to harm 



the vines, resort may be had to winter pruning, care 



fig. 3-Mature Beetle, being taken to cut off affected vines, which should be 



burned. As the insects are in the vines as pupaa in the winter, this action 



would surely destroy them. 



I do not think the beetle has done any considerable damage in the state 

 up to this time. 



lUUlOA lO BUU-glU 



A NEW BRACONID. 



The fall web-worm moth, Hyphantria cunea, Dru., is rarely more than 

 single-brooded in Michigan, though last season an early brood was observed. 

 This doubtless was consequent upon the warm winter. In the south the 

 insect is regularly double-brooded. As the caterpillars do not generally 



