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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; 

 flight of 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; prolificacj'-, 6, 

 20; pupa, 25; pupae easily destroyed, 

 25-26; will ruin a vineyard in two 

 or three 3^ears, 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. 

 Kjidelbaugh, 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. 



