BUSHBERG CATALOGUE. 
Insects. 
g. 79. 
THe GRAPE LEAF-HOPPER. 
(Erythroneura vitis.) 
V ery generally but seuntanat c 
alled Thrips. This is 
Prof. E 
into the etucwe and ole rieitd along the 
larger veins of the under side of the leay 
water and soapsuds, to be syringed on the ae are re- 
* é in the books as a oe Syringing the. 
vines with ie following ne gill kerosene, 
two pounds whale-oil soap, one Siar tobacco soap, 
and eighty gallons water—is said to destroy the green 
fly and thrip, and to a good remedy against the 
red spider and the — bug. Fumigations ¢ of tobacco 
stems will also be found effectual for des 
Seewilts, yb E Te on te A dict: } 
oy stalks or ‘waste thrown on tie eo 
ew eon Aedes the yin 
GRAPE LEAF- re gr 
enlarged; 
Fig. 80. 
1, larva; 2, head and thoracic joints, 
3, chrysalis; 4,5, male and female moths. 
gures. The male is distinguished from the female by 
his elbowed antenne, thickened near the middle, while 
those of the female are simple and thread-like, The- 
moths inal geo early — but the worms are not 
nume till mid-summer. A good are to destroy 
the worm is by cru: stg them suddenl ith bot 
hands, within the leaf. The last brood charities’? in 
the 5 loa state within: the fadlen leaves, , and much 
which during some years are very severe, by raking up 
and burning the dead leaves in the fall. 
THE GRAPE-VINE FIpIA. 
(Fidia viticida.) . 
This beetle, often Pacrceg the 
Os of 
ily this rests drops to the ground upon the slightest 
disturbance, and thus enables us to keep it in check, 
by taking a large basin with a little water in it, and 
holding it under the insect. At the least jar the bugs. 
all into the dish. _ When a & quantity have thus- 
been caught, throw th pour hot w 
upon them. M. Poeschel of iscsi raised a large 
brood of chickens, and had therh 
he had to do was to start them in the vineyard, with a 
Lge ee = — ne a a infested vines, and he himself” 
A rimsate every ae pew 
fell to the Sg aa next 
find a single Fidia. 
abler 
THE GIGANTIC ROOT-BORER. 
(Prionus laticollis.) 
Fi 
This large borer ivunes Sma apigtene the 
pple, the 
Ricken: Omrssd attend to which it is very , 
Tt follows the the ots, ently severing them in many 
