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and in a few days the larvae hatch and feed 

 upon the leaves for three or four weeks, attain- 

 ing to a little more than three tenths of an inch 

 in length. In the fall the beetle finds shelter 

 under leaves, pieces of bark, or in the earth im- 

 mediately around the vine. Removing the rub- 

 bish and strewing air-slacked lime or unleached 

 ashes would destroy them. In the spring 

 jarring the vines, in early morning, will bring 

 them to the ground, when they may be killed. 

 Syringing the foliage with Paris-green and other 

 solutions will destroy the larvae. 



The Rose Beetle or Rose Bug (Macrodacty- 

 lus subspinosa). This is a dull yellowish bee- 

 tle, about one third of an inch long, with long 

 sprawling legs, which often appears in swarms at 

 the time the grape and the rose are in blossom. 

 They do great damage to the cherry and the rose, 

 and are specially, attracted by the fragrance of 

 the grape blossoms, which they quickly destroy. 

 They remain until about the middle of July, 

 when the female deposits about thirty eggs in 

 the earth, and the larvae feed upon such roots as 

 are within reach. Hand-picking is a tedious 

 process when the bugs are numerous, but it has 

 been practiced as the only effectual remedy. In 

 the morning the bugs are sluggish, and may be 

 jarred into sheets and thrown into a dish of 



