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INSECTS IXJVRIOl'S TO THE GHAPE. 



Fig. 293. 



iug tlie green tissues on the upper side of the leaves, causing 



tlieni to discolor and eventually to wither. This insect is 

 furnished with stout thighs, which enable it to 

 jump like the flea-beetle of the vine, to which 

 it is closely allied. The beetle (Fig. 293) 

 is about one-sixth of an inch in length, the 

 thorax and wing-cases black and densely but 

 very finely punctated. The head is pale red 

 above, between the eyes ; the antennae are 

 rather long and reddish, with the basal joint 

 black. The under side is brownish black. The 



legs are well adapted for jumping, the thighs being thick 



and robust. 



No. 155. — The Light-loving Anomala. 



Anomala lucicola (Fabr.). 



This insect is a beetle about one-third of an inch long (see 

 Fig. 294), in form resembling the May-beetle, No. 113, which 

 appears late in June or early in July. It is common on both 

 the wild and the cultivated grape-vine, feeding upon 

 Fig. 294. the leaves. The beetle is of a pale dull-yellow color, 

 the thorax black, margined with dull yellow, the 

 hind part of the head and the under side of the 

 body also black ; sometimes the abdomen is brown. 

 These beetles occasionally appear in swarms, when 

 thev devour the foliage very rapidly, the vine leaves soon 

 resembling a piece of net-work, only the large veins, with 

 some of the smaller ones, being left. 



Bemcdies. — Dusting the vines with fresh air-slaked lime, 

 or syringing them with a solution of whale-oil soap or strong 

 tobacco-water, has been recommended. Probably hellebore 

 or Paris-green with water, as recommended for No. 140, 

 would be more effectual. 



