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grata) . The larva of this beautiful moth is often 

 quite destructive to grape foliage. When mature 

 the worm is about an inch and a half long, pale 

 bluish black, crossed by orange bands, and with 

 orange head dotted black. It feeds upon the 

 woodbine as well as the grape. The Pearl Wood 

 Nymph and the Eight-Spotted Forester produce 

 larvae much resembling the Beautiful Wood 

 Nymph. 



The American Procris. This is a much 

 smaller caterpillar, about six tenths of an inch 

 long at maturity, in August ; slightly hairy, and 

 of a yellow color. The larvae feed in line on the 

 under side of the leaves, upon the soft tissue, 

 when young, but devour all except the large 

 veins, as they grow. They are more destructive 

 at the West than in New England. The last 

 four, and also several other forms of caterpil- 

 lar, if numerous, may be destroyed by syringing 

 with Paris-green, one teaspoonful to two gallons 

 of water, or with hellebore, one ounce to two 

 gallons. 



The Grape- Vine Flea Beetle is a destructive 

 beetle, varying in color from steel blue to blue, 

 about three twentieths of an inch in length, which 

 commences its work by eating into the substance 

 of the buds as soon as they swell. It deposits 

 its eggs on the under side of the young leaves, 



