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being slightly larger than the males. This beetle has 

 been found in many gardens in Cambridge, Mass. ; and has 

 proved very injurious to the vine. Should it increase, 

 it may prove as difficult to check as the vine-chafer 

 of Europe (Anomala vitis), which it much resembles. 

 The beetle appears in the months of June and July, and 

 feeds upon the leaves, completely devouring them. It 

 should be destroyed by collecting in a pan of water, as 

 directed for the rose-bug; this bug being also a melo- 

 lantha, and of about the same size as the subspinosa. 



THKIP, OR VINE-HOPPER (Tettigoma vitis.) 



The thrip is distinct from the European vine-fret- 

 ter. It is about one-tenth of an inch in length, of 

 a straw-color, with two red lines upon the head, and 

 a scarlet band across its middle and at the base of 

 the wing-covers : the tips of the wing-covers are black- 

 ish, with red lines between the band and the tips. 

 Upon its first appearance in June, it is small, and, being 

 in the larva state, is not provided with wings. Coming 

 from the egg previously deposited upon the leaf, it re- 

 mains quietly sucking its nourishment, unless disturbed ; 

 when it is very shy, and leaps with great agility. During 



