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is also stated that it never molests the cinnamon rose. Its attacks 

 upon the apple trees are directed chiefly against the fruit, at least 

 such appears to have been the case where it has appeared in orchards 

 in this State ; but the leaves are also laid under contribution when 

 the supply of fruit begins to fail. 



Remedies. — I am not aware that this insect has an}' specific para- 

 site of its own class which preys upon it; the large dragon-Hies and 

 oiher predaceous insects seize and devour more or less of them, and 

 .assist in keeping them in check when not excessively numerous. 

 Insect-eating birds and domestic fowls devour them freely ; but when 

 they become excessively multiplied these natural checks are wholly 

 insufficient to prevent their being injurious. Shaking on to sheets 

 and hand-picking are the only remedies of any value which have been 

 recommended, as no application which can be made appears to have 

 any effect. If the ground in which the grubs reside can be ascer- 

 tained, it would be well to dig or plow it up in the winter to such a 

 depth as to expose them, and thus destroy them ; it is possible that in 

 those localities where they appear to be annual visitants, this might 

 aid in exterminating them where it can be thoroughly done. 



h 

 Fortunately this pest does not appear to have visited our State very 



extensively ; but as the amount of shrubbery, and number of orchard* 



and cultivated trees is rapidly increasing, we may expect them before 



marly years. 



Spec. char. Imrujo. — Although differing very materially from the pre- 

 ceding species in form, yet the form of the antenna?, number of spurs 

 on the anterior tibia 1 , and the character of the claws are the same. It 

 is much slenderer, possessing nothing of the fleshy, heavy characters 

 of those species, is broadest across the middle of the elytra, and taper* 

 forwards ; the thorax is angularly expanded at the middle of each 

 side, and the length exceeds the width. It is covered with buff-col- 

 ored scales or down, which give it a brownish-yellow appearance, but 

 if these are rubbed oft", the head, thorax and underside will appear 

 black, and the wing-cases brown. The antennae are brownish-yellow, 

 black at the tips, and nine-jointed, including the three-jointed club at 

 the end. The legs are slender, and of a pale reddish color ; the joints 

 of the tarsi are tipped with black, and arc very long. Length about 

 one-third of an inch. 



RUTELIDjE. (The Vine-chafers.) 



Somewhat closely related to the May-beetles are certain species of bee- 

 tles, which have a similar habit in the perfect state of eating the leayes 

 of woody plants, but especially those of the grape-vine, often doing 

 great injury to -*he cultivated varieties. They, like those of the last- 

 mentioned family, possess the short antenna', with a club at the end 

 composed of leaves or plates, but are chiefly distinguished by having 

 one of the claws on each foot thicker and stouter than the other, the 

 wing-cases more or less grooved. The larva do not appear to be well- 

 known except of a few species; and as it is in the perfect state they 

 prove injurious, so far as known, only one or two will be noticed for 

 the purpose of indicating their general character. 



