INSECTS INJURIOUS TO THE GRAPE VINE: THE VINE TORTRIX. 115 



the ravages of this insect, exclaims, "Dieu merci, il n'a pas encore fait 

 son apparition en France." The female, early in spring, lays her eggs 

 singly on the twigs or buds of the Vine, from which the young are 

 hatched at the time when the blossom-buds are unfolded. These 

 caterpillars fasten several blossom buds together, and eat off the inner 

 parts of the flowers. When one part is finished they go on to another, 

 and so destroy a great quantity. Instances have occurred in which 

 though plenty of blossom has appeared, the whole crop has been 

 devoured by these caterpillars. 



Fig. 52. 



TORTRIX ANGTJSTIORANA. The crossed lines indicate the natural size. 

 (From the Gardeners' Chronicle.) 



Another Vine moth Tortrix angustiorana,fig. 52, has recently been 

 figured and described by Mr. Westwood in the Gardeners' Chronicle, 

 N.S. xviii., 524. This moth seems to have existed in America for some 

 few years, but it is only lately that its appearance has been noticed 

 in this country. The caterpillars are found gnawing the skin of ripe 

 Grapes, eating a little of the pulp, and fastening them together by a 

 web, thus destroying much fruit. They are about one inch in length, 

 of a dirty greenish grey colour, with a dark line down the middle of 

 the back. The head is pale buff, very glossy and nearly square ; the 



