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eoiitli tliere are two or more crops of them yearly. The pupjc are enclosed in 

 tough oblong cocoons and placed in sheltered spots. The perfect moth, Avhich 

 measures aboiit 0.90 across the Avings, when expanded, is very easily recognized 

 by its blue black color and bright orange neck. The end of the body terminates 

 in a broad fan-like notched tuft. These caterpillars may be destroyed Avhen 

 young and massed together upon the single leaves, or by syringing the vine 

 wuth a solution of whale oil soap, although perhaps this remedy might impart a 

 nauseous taste to the grapes if nearly ripe, but it is the only one which can be 

 recommended at present. 



In New Jersey a snout beetle or curculio {Pachnephorus) has been very mucli 

 complained of as eating holes in the leaves of Indian corn. This insect is from 

 0.30 to 0.35 of an inch in length, and has a long horny snout or proboscis, some- 

 what bent down under the head. It is of a blackish color with bright sculptured 

 marks on the thorax, and has the v,^ing cases indented Avith longitudinal stripes 

 and punctures. Some of the specimens sent Avere covered with earth as if they 

 had just emerged from the ground ; it would be well, therefore, to study the 

 preparatory •states of this insect, as there is a similar insect of a larger size and 

 commonly knoAvn as the Bill bug, from its long snout or proboscis, which is 

 very injurious as a larva or grub to corn in low and marshy situations in the 

 southern States. The e:^^ is probably deposited in the stalk, Avhere the larva 

 feeds upon the substance of the interior. The corn thus attacked turns yellow 

 and eventually withers aAvay without bearing any grain; and it would be Avell 

 for the farmers in New Jersey and other States to observe whether their corn 

 is not attacked in a similar manner AA'hen young, by a small yellowish grub in 

 the stalk previous to the appearance of the perfect insect, which destroys the 

 foliage merely. In a recent English Avork, road-dust, soot, and a little guano 

 are recommended to be sown over young plants of cabbage, tobacco, and other 

 herbaceous plants, during the day time, to destroy the little jumping flea-beetles 

 Avhich are so destructive Avhen in the seed bed. In another remedy the same 

 materials are recommended, substituting sulphur for the guano, and applied at 

 night; quicklime is also mentioned as being useful; but a method has 

 been practiced by the Commissioner of Agriculture, Avhich he states to be emi- 

 nently successful in preventing the ravages of all insects, including the jumping 

 flea-beetle, the cut Avorm and others. This is nothing but the application of 

 gas-house lime over the beds or fields Avhere the insects are numerous, and the 

 nauseous odor arising from it effectually drives them aAvay. It has also recently 

 been discovered that a small quantity of coal oil Avill effectually destroy insect 

 life. These remedies are merely suggested to our farmers as experiments, and 

 Ave shall be hcippy to hear from them as to their success, as it is from practice 

 alone that we can learn A\'hat is of real utility or otherwise, and the results will 

 be made known to the public in future papers. 



