a thick paste ; spread a thin coat of this composi- 

 tion over the part to be covered, and then apply 

 the bandage as before directed. As the ants, 

 and several other insects among the w^ounded 

 trees, exceedingly and materially retard their 

 recovery, I w^ould recommend the part to be 

 washed vs^ith common white-wash, and a little 

 flour of sulphur, or snufF sprinkled over it, before 

 the composition is applied. The latter end of 

 April, and the beginning of September, are the 

 most suitable periods, for those accustomed to it, 

 to begin the search." 



Several other gentlemen have particularly 

 observed the peach insect, and of these, we may 

 mention Dr. James Smith, who has given the 

 result of his inquiries, in the sixth volume of 

 the American Farmer, p. 334, and Mr. Reuben 

 Haines, who has published his observations in 

 p. 401, of the same volume. But we think it 

 highly probable, that the practice first proposed 

 by Mr. Shotwell, if carefully and properly car- 

 ried into effect, will effectually secure the peach- 

 tree from the depredations of the ^geria exitiosa. 



Upper Figure — Female. 



Middle Figure — Male. 



Right Figure — Exuvia of the Pupa. 



Left Figure — Follicle. 



PLATE XIX. 



