REPORT OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST 1901 (en 
- Grapevine fidia, Fidia viticida Walsh. This pest has 
become thoroughly established in some of the vineyards about 
Ripley N. Y., where it has already destroyed several and 
is seriously injuring others. An examination of the infested 
locality early in September 1901 showed that the badly infested 
area, was still quite limited, though the beetles were known to 
occur in small numbers over a considerable tract. Mr F. A. 
Morehouse stated that he found the pest most injurious to those 
vines from which the earth had been plowed away more or less, 
Fic. 8 Fidia viticida:abeetle; b eggs represented natural size under fold of bark and much 
enlarged at side; c young larva; dfullgrown larva; epupa; finjury to leaf by beetles; ginjury 
to roots by larvae—d (in part) and fand g natural size, rest much enlarged. (After Marlatt, U.S. 
dept agric. Yearbook 1895. p. 392) 
thus affording the larvae a better opportunity to get at the 
roots, while those well protected by earth suffered com- 
paratively little. This is certainly worthy of further trial; 
and, while it can hardly be expected to afford absolute immu- 
nity, it may decrease the injury materially. Spraying the vines 
toward the last of June or early in July with arsenate of lead, 
preferably using the prepared paste form now on the markets, 
will do considerable to lessen the damage by poisoning the 
