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INSECTS INJURIOUS TO THE GRAPE VINE. 



eyes black. We have captured several of the caterpillars of this 

 moth in the great vinery at Chiswick, where they were found preying 

 on the ripe fruit. They appear to feed on one berry, which decays 



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Fig. 53. (ECANTHUS PELLUCENS (HoilVATH). 



and rots the adjoining ones, so that four or five berries are often 

 found to be destroyed consequently, they prove to be very destruc- 

 tive. They may easily be found, and when disturbed, like all these 



