54 



NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



Grapevine root worm, allies, 8-9 

 beetles, time of appearance, 16 

 area infested, 6; beetles on canes, 17 

 depredations on poor soils, 7, 10 

 description, 13-14; early history, 

 11-13; eggs, 13, 19-23; duration of 

 the egg stage, 23; experimental 

 work in 1903, 26-30; beetles feeding 

 on upper surface of leaves, 17; 



^irightituf beetles, IS; food plants, 30; 

 habits 'of beetle, 15-19; hibernation, 

 15; larva, 13; habits of larvae, 23-25; 

 burrowing and traveling powers of 

 larvae, 23; life history, 15-26; 

 length of life, 16; a native species, 

 7-8; natural enemies, 32; present 

 conditions in Ohio, 9-11; oviposi- 

 tion, 16-17, 19; in Portland, West- 

 field and Ripley, 5; prolificacy, 6, 

 20; pupa, 25; pupae easily destroyed, 

 25-26; will ruin a vineyard in two 

 or three years,. 5; signs of insect's 

 presence, 6-7; tendency to remain 

 in a locality, 18; preference for 

 thrifty vineyards, 5; on wild grape- 

 vines, 7. See also Remedial meas- 

 ures. 

 Grapevines, soils, 7, 10; condition of 

 the roots, 7; younger vineyards 

 suffer most, -10; varieties affected, 

 30-31. 



Haltica chalybea, 8. 



Heteropus ventricosus 12, 32. 



Highland, grapevine root worm in, 6. 



Hoplophora arctata, 32. 



Horn, G. H., record of distribution, 

 12; cited, 48. 



Hough, G. L., vineyard, 23; on pupae, 

 25; construction of machine for 

 collecting beetles, 34, 35; number 

 of beetles collected by, 35. 



Howard, L. O., statement of depreda- 

 tions, 13; cited, 48, 49. 



Illinois, specimens from, 12; injuries 



at, 12, 13, 43. 

 Iowa City ; specimen from, 12. 



Kainit, 12. 



Kentucky, specimens sent from, 11. 



Kerosene emulsion, 46. 

 Kridelbaugh, S. H., cited, 47. 



Lampe, J. L., vineyard, 43. 



Larvae, described, 13-14; habits, 



23-25. 

 Lasius brunneus var. alienus, 32. 

 Leaf hopper, 5. 

 Lefevre, Ed., insect described by, 12; 



cited, 47. 

 Life history, 15-26. 

 Lintner, J. A., examples of beetles in 



collection of, 8. 

 longipes, Fidia, 12. 

 Lugger, Otto, cited, 48. 

 lurida, Fidia, 12. 

 luteola, Galerucella, 8. 



Mally, C. W., report of experiments, 

 12; mentioned, 43; cited, 48. 



Marlatt, C. L., mentioned, 34; cited, 48. 



Marx, George, mentioned, 32. 



Maxwell, J. W., statements on depre- 

 dations in Ohio, 10; on spraying, 43. 



Milton, grapevine root worm in, 6. 



Missouri, specimens from, 12; grape- 

 vine root worm in, 12. 



Monfort. Frank, vineyard of, 41. 



Montana, specimens sent from, 11. 



Morehouse, F. A., estimates of dam- 

 ages, 5; observations, 16; im- 

 proved form of catcher designed by, 

 35-38; trained chickens to eat 

 beetles, 39. 



Morse, vineyard, 42. 



murina, Fidia, 12. 



Murtfeldt, M. E., cited, 48. 



Natural enemies, 32-33. 



Neill, T. T., observations, 16. 



New Jersey, distribution in, 13. 



Newell, experiments by, 42. 



Niagara vines, renewing a vineyard 

 with, 10; injured, 30. 



Northrop, Walter, estimates of dam- 

 ages, 5. 



Ohio, present conditions in, 5, 9-11; 



evidence concerning efficacy of 



poisons in, 42-44. 

 Oviposition, 16-17, 19; experiments 



with Fidia, 20-23. 



