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edge of the wing, and paler toward the hinder and inner angle. 



The under surface of the wings is lighter than the upper, and the 

 body is dark brown with its posterior portion banded with lines of a 

 paler hue. 



This pest may be destroyed by hand-picking, or by jarring the 

 trees or vines on which they are feeding, when they will fall to the 

 ground and may be crushed or burned. 



THE GRAPE-BERRY MOTH. 



Eudemis botrana (S. V.). 



Fig. 23. 



The moths emerge and fly early in June, and are quite small, 

 measuring, when the wings are expanded, only two-fifths of an inch, 

 Fig. 23, a, enlarged. The fore wings are purplish or slate brown 

 from the base to the middle, the outer half being irregula-rly marked 

 with dark and light brown. 



These insects are two brooded and the first brood feeds not only on 

 the leaves of the grape but on tulip, sassafras, vernonia and rasp- 

 berry. The caterpillars of the second brood emerge when the grapes 

 are nearly grown, and bore in them a winding channel to the pulp, 

 continuing to eat the interior of the berry till the pulp is all consumed, 

 Fig. 23, d, when, if not full grown, they draw one or two other berries 

 close to the first and eat the inside of those. 



The mature caterpillar, Fig. 23, b, measures about half an inch in 

 length, is dull greenish with head and tiioracic shield somewhat 

 darker : the inteinal organs give the body a reddish tinge. It then 

 leaves the grape and forms its cocoon by cutting out a piece of a leaf 

 leaving it hinged on one side ; then rolling the cut end over fastens 

 it to the leaf, thus making for itself a cocoon in which to pupate. 

 The pupa is dark reddish brown. 



The second generation passes the winter in the pupa state, attached 



