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(b) Small, shining, blue beetle boring into buds in spring, also eating small 

 holes in expanding leaves. — Grape Vine Flea Beetle {Haltica chalybea),p. 315. 



(c) Long-legged brownish beetles eating the blossoms, leaves and fruit. — 

 Rose Chafer (Macrodactylus suhspinosus), p. 305. 



{d) Greenish caterpillar, feeding within a folded leaf and skeletonizing it, about 



mid-summer. — Grape Leaf Folder (Desmia funeralis). 

 (e) Leaves blotched and scorched, finally curling up and falling, caused by 



little jumping insects. — Grape Thrips or Leaf Hopper {Typhlocyba comes), 



P- 155- 

 (/) Large greenish caterpillar, with a pale yellow stripe down each side and a 



horn near tail. — Grape Vine Sphinx {Ampelceca myron), p. 178. 

 ig) Several other sphingid larvas feed on the leaves of the grape. 

 {h) Black beetle eating the tissues on the upper surface of the leaves, and 



discoloring them. — Red-headed Sysiena {Systena frontalis), p. 315. 

 (?) Producing small, irregular, spherical galls on the lower surface of the leaves. 



— Grape Vine Phylloxera (Phylloxera vastatrix), p. 148. 

 (j) Large reddish-yellow beetle with six black spots on wing cover, eating holes 



in leaves. — Spotted Pelidnota (Pelidnota punctata), p. 302. 

 Fruit: 



(a) Ripening fruit discolored and burrowed by a whitish caterpillar. — Grape 



Berry Moth [Polychrosis viteana), p. 228. 

 (6) Holes eaten in ripe fruit; beetle large, yellowish, hairy. — Bumble Flower 



Beetle (Euphoria inda), p. 305. 

 (c) Holes eaten in young fruit by a long-legged beetle. — Rose Chafer (Macro- 

 dactylus subspinosus], p. 305. 



XVI. INSECTS INJURIOUS TO THE STRAWBERRY 



Roots : 



(a) A pinkish caterpillar boring irregular channels through the crown and 

 larger roots, causing them to wither and die. — Strawberry Root Borer 

 (Anarsia lineatella), p. 215. 



(b) A white grub boring downward from the crown. — Strawberry Crown Borer 

 (Tyloderma fragarice), p. 332. 



(c) A large white grub eating the roots. — May Beetle (Lachnosterna sp.), p. 302. 



(d) Grubs girdling the roots, causing death. — Strawberry Root-weevil (Otio- 

 rhynchus ovatus), p. 336. 



Leaves: 



(a) Brownish caterpillars, in June and August, rolling the leaves into cases and 

 fastening them with silk. — Strawberry Leaf Roller (Ancylus comptana), 

 p. 232. 



(b) Young plants gnawed off at the surface. — Cutworms, p. 185. 



(c) Small pale spotted active beetles riddling the leaves with holes in June. — 

 Spotted Paria (Paria 6-notala). 



(d) Small active jumping striped beetles, eating holes in the leaves. — Striped 

 Flea Beetle (Phyllotrela vittata), p. 314. 



