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when hatched, the larvas bore into the bark and wood, de- 

 scending into the roots, and consuming the substance so 

 that the vine sickens and dies, or breaks oiF. The full grown 

 worms measure from an inch to an inch and three-quarters in 

 length ; they are thick-bodied and whitish. They form a 

 pod or chrysalis similar to that of the peach-tree borer, and 

 from this comes the perfect moth, which is of a dark brown 

 color, tinged with orange, and banded with bright yfillow on 

 the edge of the second ring of the body. The fore-wings 

 are dusky, and the hind ones transparent. 



The only remedy known is constant inspection of the 

 vines, and an examination of their roots when there is any 

 appearance of disease, and to destroy the worms when found. 



Of the Hymenoptera, there are some insects that seriously 

 attack the fruit of the vine. Wasps, hornets, and bees, are 

 all of them accused of taking a part in this, and certain gall- 

 flies, breed upon the foliage of some varieties of the grape, 

 producing unpleasant excrescences upon the leaves. 



A new enemy to the vine is described by Samuel H. Scud- 

 der, in the March number of the American Journal of Horti- 

 culture, page 154. It appears to be a genuine white ant, 

 and is said to devour the substance of the roots, excavat- 

 ing the woody fibers, and sometimes leaving only the shell ; 

 of course this must be very injurious to the plants. Whether 

 this insect be native, or have been introduced, is not set 

 forth by the writer, but he has adopted the name Termes 

 flavipes (of Kollar), who supposed it to have been introduced 

 into Germany from Brazil. He considers it the same insect 

 described by Mr. Haldeman as the Termes frontalis. Mr. 

 Scudder says that the head is large, and the body pale or 

 whitish, by which it may be distinguished from our common 

 ants. 



In the proceedings of the Cincinnati Horticultural Society, 

 there has been quite a discussion as to the ravages committed 



