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sides of twigs, covering them with a dark smoky brown substance which 

 quite concealed them from view, fig. 1, b. The eggs, fig. 1, a, are 

 ellipsoidal in form, about one twenty-fifth of an inch in length and vary 

 in color from white to orange. Some are of a deep orange color over 

 the entire surface, others are white at one end shading into orange at the 

 other ; others are pink, and still others are cream colored at one end and 

 shading into salmon color at the other. 



The eggs hatched in fifteen days, giving rise to larvce of the form 

 shown at c, in fig. 1. These larvae were dull greenish yellow, with jet 

 black heads and legs, and the top of the segment following the head, 

 black in the young. There were three longitudinal, broken whitish lines 

 on each side of the body, and the anal proleg was of the general color 

 of the body. The anus is situated on the top of the last segment and 

 the e^xcrements are retained upon the back as shown at c, on the lower 

 leaves in the illustration. 



The mature larva is about half an inch long, of a dull greenish yellow 

 color, with jet black head and legs. The anal proleg is of the same 

 color as the body and divided into eight or ten lobes. The stripes are 

 of the same color and in the same position as in the young larva. When 

 done feeding they descend into the ground where they make a cocoon 

 of the form shown in fig, 1 , d, in which they transform to pupae, fig, 1 , 

 e, and the perfect insects emerge in about two weeks. A second brood 

 occurs later in the season and the beetles hibernate during the winter. 



The beetles, fig. 1, f, are about one-fourth of an inch long, oval in 

 outline and convex. The hind thighs are thickened, thus giving the 

 insect the ability to leap when disturbed, though not to so great a dis- 

 tance as the small flea-beetles. The head and thorax are dull yellow, 

 sometimes reddish yellow. The under side of the abdomen and legs 

 is mahogany red and the wing-covers are variously striped or mottled 

 with mahogany red and yellow. The antennae are black, except at the 

 base where they are pitchy. 



Remedies. 



At first I tried hand-picking but soon found that this would cost more 

 than the shrubs were worth. I then showered them with Paris Green 

 in water in the proportion of half a pound to fifty gallons of water which 

 quickly destroyed all the larvae then on the shrubs. This remedy should 

 be applied when the eggs first hatch, and again when the second brood 

 appears. If rains occur it should be repeated. 



THE BUD MOTH. 



The Bud Moth {Tmeiocera ocellana, Fab.) has been very abundant 

 this year, and has done a greater amount of injury than I had formerly 



