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INlSECTS INFESTING THE GRAPE. 



phort distance into a piece of soft wood, or enters the earth 

 and forms a cell in which to pass the pupa state. 



Fig. 171. — Beautiful \\'ood 

 Nymph (female moth) — col- 

 ors, white, yellow, brown and 

 olive-green. 



The fore wings of the moth 

 (Fig. 171) expand about one 

 inch and six lines, and are of 

 a white color, broadly bor- 

 dered and marked with red- 

 flisli-lu-own and olive-green; the hind w'ings are pale yellow, 

 broadly marked with pale brown on the hind border. — Riley. 

 I have not found this species in this State, although moths 

 of a similar description have been reported. 



Remedies. — Same as recommoiKkMl for the Eiglit-si>otted 

 Forester. Chapter CIV. 



CHAPTER CVI. 



The Grapevine Epimenis. (Cal.) 



( Psychomorpha epimenis. — Drury . ) 



Order. I>ki'ii)optek.\ ; Family, Zy(;.enid.e. 



[Feeding uimhi the leaves of the grapevine ; a bluish-white 

 caterpillar, dotted with black and marked on each segment 

 with four black rings.] 



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Fig. 172.— Caterpillar of Fig, 172. 



(Grapevine Epimenis: a, the 

 caterpillar— colors, white and 

 black ; h, segment of its body, 

 enlarged ; i\ l)ack view of the 

 top of the elevcntli segment, 



enlarged. This eatm-pillar (Fig. 17'i) lives in a sort of nest 

 formed by fastening several leaves together with silken threads. 

 When fully grown, it measun^s about oik^ inch in length ; it 

 iheii deserts the \iiie ;ui(l boi-es into Wood or other sufficiently 

 soft substance, and foi'ms a cell in wliich to undtM'go its trans- 

 formations. 



