INSECTS INFESTING THE GRAPE, 



CHAP. 



The Grape-root Borer (^Egeria polUti/ormui) 93 

 The Broad-necked Prionus (Priomts lati- 



Collin) 94 



The Grape-root Louse (Phylloxera vatita- 



trix) 95 



The Cottony Grape-scale (Lecaniuin vitis).96 



The Grape Scale (As-jndiotus tiixe) 97 



The Decavini^- Wood Borer (LycUis) 98 



The Achemon Sphinx (Philampelis ache- 



mon) 99 



The Satellite Sphinx {PhilampelU natel- 



litia) lOO 



The Abbott Sphinx (Thijrem Abbottii). . . .101 

 The Hog Caterpillar (Chcerocamjta pam- 



pinatrix) 102 



The White-lined Sphinx (Z)e»7e^/(i7a lineata )10Z 

 The Kight-spotted Forester {Alypia octo- 



iiiaculala) : 104 



The Beautiful Wood-nymph (Eudryais 



grata) 105 



The Grape-vine Epimenls (Psychomorpha 



epimenis) 106 



The American Procris(/'rocm- yl»icW«n«a)107 

 The Grape-leaf Folder (Desmia niacu- 



lalii) 108 



The Grape-vine Plume ( Pterophorws peri- 



xcelidactylus) 109 



CHAP. 



The Grape-vine Flea-beetle (Haltiea chaly- 



bea) no 



The Imported Grape Flea-beetle (Adoxus 



n7i.s) Ill 



The Rose Chafer (^facrodacfylu!l mibgpino- 



»"x) ■ 112 



The Spotted Pelidnota (Pelidnota putu- 



tala) 113 



The California Grape-vine Hopper {Ery- 



throncura comes) 114 



The Grape-vine Aphis (Siphonophora vUi- 



cola) 116 



The False Chinch-bug- (Xygiws destrtirtor) 116 



The Yellow Mite 117 



The Angular-winged Katydid (Microcenlrum 



1-elinerrix) 118 



The Snowy Tree-erickct {(Ecanthimniceux) 119 

 The Grape CxncuWoiCa'liodcx ituvqualiit). .120 



The Grape-seed Maggot (/»osomrt litia) 121 



The Grape-leaf Keller (ro-^nx SfK'j 122 



The following insects also nfest the Grape : 

 The Ked Scale (Asftidintux anratUii). 

 The Branch and Twig-burrower (Polycaon con- 



fertus). 

 The Apple-twig Borer (Bout richttKbieaudatun). 

 The Yellow Bear (Sjnlosoma Virginka). 



CHAPTER CXIII. 



The Grape-root Borer. 



(jEf/eria j'olistifortn is. — Harris. ) 

 Order, Lepidoptera ; Famih', .Egkhid.k. 



[Feedinji; upon the ))ark and sapwond (,)!' tlic roots of the 

 grapevine; a whitisli sixteen-lejrLH'd larva.] 



Tlie female moth (Fig. 14()6) usually de])osits her eggs ui>on 

 the vine close to the ground, and tlie young Itorer, as soon as 



