78 DECIDUOUS FRUIT INSECTS AND INSECTICIDES. 



description, as Harris says in a note after the description : " This 

 insect appears to be the same as the one figured in (xuerin's Icono- 

 graphie and Griffith's Cnvier, under the name of Agloape amer'icana 

 Boisduval, but it is not an Agloape, for it has a distinct spirally- 

 rolled tongue.'' He makes no mention of a description and appar- 

 ently had not seen any. The specific name should be attributed to 

 Guerin-Meneville, as he is the author of the book in which the figure 

 first appeared, and because he does not at -awy place give specific 

 credit to Boisduval, Avho undoubtedly described it. 



The first economic account of the insect appears in Hovey's Maga- 

 zine of Horticulture for June, 1844, where Harris, under the name 

 Procris am,eTicana^ gives a full account of its relation to European 

 species, its natural food plants, life history, and habits. He mentions 

 it as first brought to his notice in 1830 by Professor Hentz, who found 

 larvae upon a vine at Chapel Hill, in North Carolina. 



In 1855 Townend Glover reports it as injurious in the vicinity of 

 Washington, D. C., and gives a short general account. 



Harris, in 18G2, gives an account of it which is practically the same 

 as the one which appears in Hovey's Magazine, but shorter. 



Walsh (1866) next determines the insect and gives a short account 

 of it, in answer to a letter. 



In 1867 C. V. Eiley gives a brief account, with notes on its life 

 history and habits. Bethune then (1867) published a short general 

 account of it. 



In 1869 Walsh and Rile}" determined some insects to be Procris 

 (imericana Boisduval. Eiley (1870) gives the most detailed account 

 published up to the present date and treats of its identity, food plants, 

 life history and habits, natural enemies, and remedies. During the 

 same vear he again writes concerning it, but the account is taken from 

 the previous one. 



Lintner (1879) gives a short general account and again (1883) 

 mentions it in answer to a letter. The next account of it is a short 

 account by Atkinson, in 1888. 



Neal, in 1890, presents most of the knowledge up to the present date 

 and records some original observations as to the number of broods 

 and varieties of grapes preferred. 



Toumey (1893) records it from two localities in Arizona and gives 

 a short review of its manner of working. 



J. B. Smith (1895) next writes concerning it and gives a detailed 

 account of its life history and habits, with some ncAV points on local 

 distribution. During the same year (1895) Slingerland reviews the 

 chief points in its life history in answer to a letter. 



Starnes (1898) gives a general account of it and mentions the fact 

 of its being more prevalent in the West and South than in the East. 



