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STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Fig. 45. — Rose-chafer, from Marlatt, Farmer's Bui. No. 70, Div. of Entomology, U. S. Dept. of Agr. 



REMEDIES. 



A spray of Paris-green applied in the ordinary way except when the fruit is 

 set, when hellebore must be substituted. 



The Grape-vine Flea-beetle. (Haltica cJialybea.) 



One of the constant enemies of the vineyard is the grape-vine flea-beetle, a 

 little steel-blue, oval creature, highly polished and with the habit of falling to 

 the ground on the slightest disturbance. 



This little beetle is about three-twentieths of an inch long. It passes the 

 winter in the adult condition, and in early spring attacks the swelling buds of 



Fig. 46. — The Grape-vine Flea-beetle, from Rilej', Third Rep. State Entomologist of Mo. 



the grape. It also eats the foliage as it appears, depositing orange colored eggs 

 on the under-side of the leaves. The eggs hatch out into small, brown larvae, 

 which feed on the leaves riddling them with holes. In June, these larva? descend 

 into the ground and pupate, emerging as the second brood of adults in late June 

 or July. The same life-history is repeated once more, the adults secreting them- 

 selves late in the fall, in rubbish, under bark, etc. 



REMEDIES. 



Paris-green. — Spray just as the buds swell with Paris-green and lime, putting 

 it on strong, one pound of the poison to seventy-five gallons of water. Later, 



