OAK. — COCKCHAFER. 



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habit of straying about everywhere in full clayhght, that 

 many might be captured and killed (as above mentioned) 

 by children. 



As the caterpillars come down the tree to the ground for 

 their change to chrysalids, it might be worth while to throw 

 a few spadefuls of gas-lime or of anything they would not 

 cross, in a circle at about a yard or two from the tree ; or a 

 rough band of any material soaked in tar, or tar and oil, 

 which would keep wet longer, would stop them from straying 

 off. It being matter of instinct for these caterpillars to come 

 down to the ground for the change to the chrysalis state, 

 probably few, if any, would return up the trunk, and they 

 might be cleared in sufficient numbers as to considerably 

 lessen future attack. 



OAK. 



Cockchafer. Melolontha vulgaris, Fab. 



Common Cockchafer, larva and pupa. 



The Cockchafer, known also as the May Bug, is injurious 

 both in the larval and perfect state. As a grub it feeds under- 

 ground on the roots of grass, vegetables, and young trees ; as 

 a beetle it feeds on the leaves of Oak, Elm, and other trees, 



