344 A.MERICAN POMOLOGY. 



In the American Agriculturist, for February, 1865, is a 

 notic'e of a peach tree protector made of sheet-iron, like 

 a stove-pipe ; and in the April number, Mr. Bouthorpe, 

 of Massachusetts, says, he had used a similar apparatus 

 made of zinc, eight inches long, and twice the size of the 

 tree, which was of easy application ; the contained space 

 next the tree was to be filled with loose dirt. They were 

 found to be a perfect protection. 



iEgeria tipuliformis, (Linn.), or the Currant Borer, 

 has been imported from Europe. The eggs are laid near 

 a bud; when hatched, the worms penetrate the pith of 

 young shoots, killing them. 



jEgcria pjri is mentioned by Dr. Harris* as having 

 done a good deal of damage to pear trees, by boring un- 

 der the bark. The perfect insect resembles that of the 

 Currant Borer, and makes its appearance near the end of 

 summer, leaving its chrysalis skin projecting from the hole 

 in the bark, whence it had escaped. 



JEgeria polistftformis, or Grape Vine Borer, is men- 

 tioned by Mr. Glover in the Patent Office Report for 

 1854, p. 80. He had received it from North Carolina, 

 where it was very destructive to all vines, except the 

 Scuppernong. This insect has become rather common hi 

 the vineyards about Cincinnati, and its depredations, in 

 consequence of the large size of the caterpillar, are very 

 serious. The eggs are laid near the roots of the vine, 

 and the larvae bore into the bark and wood during the 

 summer, consuming them so completely, that the vine 

 sickens and dies, and often breaks off at the ground, or 

 just below the surface. When fuily grown, they measure 



* Kept., p. 258. 



