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droop in spring ; a small hole just above the base of 

 the shoot leads into a burrow. 



Apple Tioig-Borer (Amphi- 

 cerus bicaudatus), Figs. 47 

 and 48. 

 2. Canes show roughened longi- 



Fig. 47. Apple Twijj 

 borer, the beetle. 



Fitr. 48. Ap])le Twig- borer, c hole made by borer, 

 tudinal rows of perforations '' ''"'■'■°^^'- 



in the bark. 



Snounj Tree-Cricket (Qi^canthus niveus). 



3. Canes exhibiting white cottony masses attached to a reddish brown scale. 



Cottony Scale (Pulvinaria innumerabilis.) 



4. Canes exhibiting white frothy masses which re.'^emble spittle. 



Spittle Insect (Aphrophorri, sp.) 



Attacki'iuj the Leaves '■ 



1. Leaves riddled with irregular hcles about midsummer, bj' a little 

 beetle. 



Grape-Vine Fidia (Fidia viticida), Fig. 49. 



2.1 Boring into buds ii 



Fig. 50. Grape-vine Flea beetle and lar\ ;c. 



Grape Thrips or Leaf 

 Hopper (Typhlocy- 

 ba vitifex.) 

 6. Large greenish cat- 

 erpillar, with a pale 

 yellow strip down 

 each side, and a horn 

 near tail. 



„. spnng, also eatinc' 



" Fig. ty. CJrapevnie 

 small holes in expand- Fidia. 



ing leaves, small shining blue beetle. 



Grape-Vine Flea- Beetle (Haltica 



chalybea,) Fig. 50. 



3. Long Icc'ged, brownish beetles eating 

 the blossom, leaves and fruit. 



Rose-Chafer (Macrodactylds sub- 

 spinosus). 



4. Greenish caterpillar, feeding within a 

 folded leaf and skeletonizing it, about 

 midsummer. 



Grape Leaf-Folder (Desmia ma- 

 culatus). Fig. 51. 



5. Leaves blotched and scorched, finally 

 curling up and falling, by little jumping 

 insects. 



Fig-. 51. (frape Leaf-Folder ; 1 caterpillar in fold of leaf ; 2 Head much enlarged 

 chrysalis ; 4 and 5 the moths. 



