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know, the insect enjoys an immunity from parasitic attack, and its de- 

 struction, therefore, when in excessive numbers, is left to human 

 agency. The most efficient means to control its depredations thus far 

 found, is collecting by hand and killing. When they infest rose- 

 bushes, or other low-growing plants and grape-vines, they can easily 

 be collected in a large tin pan containing some kerosene oil. From 

 fruit-trees, they may be brought down by sudden jars of the trunk or 

 separate branches, upon sheets spread underneath. This may best be 

 done in the cooler parts of the day — in the morning and evening — 

 when they are less active. They can be killed by crushing, burning or 

 scalding with hot water. Under this latter method, they may be util- 

 ized to a certain extent by feeding to poultry. The injuries which 

 have been reported to poultry fed upon them is doubtless owing to their 

 having been eaten in their living state, and the irritation consequent 

 on the active movements of their strongly spined legs. 



The beetles should be gathered daily during the continuance of their 

 abundance. Dr. Lowell, previously cited, collected them every morn- 

 ing for about a week, and from a quarter of an acre destroyed, on a 

 moderate estimate, a hundred thousand. 



Plaster and Tansy applicafions. — Plaster thrown upon grape-vines 

 when wet with dew is said to make the leaves unpalatable to them 

 and drive them away. A correspondent of the Countr-y Oentleman 

 states that he has had good results from syringing his vines with water 

 in which tansy has been boiled. The application of soap-suds and 

 tobacco-water has not proved of service. 



Protection ly netting. — Where it is desirable to preserve a few vines 

 or plants from attack, it has been accomplished, in some instances, by 

 inclosing them in millinet or some close netting. The above, however, 

 are simply palliatives, and thez'e is scarcely a doubt but that the proper 

 method to combat this, at times one of the greatest scourges of our 

 gardens and nurseries, is to collect and destroy them. 



Euphoria Inda (Linn.). 

 Tlie Indian. Cctonia. 



(Ord. COLEOPTERA : Fam. SCARAB^IDiE.) 

 Scarahmus Indus 'LiSN : Syst. Nat., Ed. x, i, 1758, p. 352 ; Mas. Ulricae, 1764, p. 



27; Syst. Nat.. Ed. xii, ii, 1767, p. 556, no. 71. 

 TricUus Inda Fabr : Syst. Ent., 1775, p. 40, no. 2 ; Sp. Ins., 1781, i, p. 48, no. 2 ; 



Mant. Ins., 1787, i, p. 25, no. 3 ; Syst. Eleuth., 1801, ii, p. 132, no. 6. 

 Cetonia Inda Olivier: in Encyc. Method.— Hist. Nat.— Ins., v, 1789, p. 421, 



pi. 160, f. 13. 

 Cetonia harhata Say : in Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., iii, 1824, p. 239. 

 CeUmia Marylandica Frohlich. Cetonia brunnea Dejean. 

 Cetonia Inda Harris : Eept. Ins. Mass., 1841, p. 36 ; Treat. Ins. N. Eng., 1852, p. 



35 ; Ins. Inj. Veg. , 1862, p. 40, f. 17 fdescription and habits). 



