REPORT OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST 1901 



733 



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. 



Fig. SFidia viticida:a beetle ; b eggs represented natural size under fold of bark and much 

 enlarged at side ; c young larva; d full grown larva ; e pupa; /injury to leaf by beetles ; ginjury 

 to roots by larvae— & (in part) and /and g natural size, rest much enlarged. (After Marlatt, U. S. 

 dep't 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 



