284 INSECTS INJURIOUS TO THE GRAPE. 



ing the green tissues on the upper side of the leaves, causing 



them to. discolor and eventually to wither. This insect is 

 furnished with stout thighs, which enable it to 

 Fio. 293. jump like the flea-beetle of the vine, to which 

 it is closely allied. The beetle (Fig. 293) 

 is about one-sixth of an inch in length, the 

 thorax and wing-cases black and densely but 

 very finely punctated. The head is pale red 

 above, between the eyes; the antennse are 

 rather long and reddish, with the basal joint 

 black. The under side is brownish black. The 



legs are well adapted for jumping, the thighs being thick 



and robust. 



No. 155. — The Light-loving Anomala. 



Anomala lucicola (Fabr.). 



This insect is a beetle about one-third of an inch long (see 



Fig. 294)*, in form resembling the May-beetle, No. 113, which 



ap})ears late in June or early in July. It is common on both 



the wdld and the cultivated grape-vine, feeding upon 



Fig. 294. the leaves. The beetle is of a pale dull-yellow color, 



W^] the thorax black, margined w^ith dull yellow, the 



/^m^ hind part of the head and the under side of the 



l^pR body also black ; sometimes the abdomen is brown. 



These beetles occasionally appear in swarms, when 



they devour the foliage very rapidly, the vine leaves soon 



resembling a piece of net-work, only the large veins, with 



some of the smaller ones, being left. 



Remedies. — Dusting the vines with fresh air-slaked lime, 

 or syringing them with a solution of whale-oil soap or strong- 

 tobacco- water, has been recommended. Probably hellebore 

 or Paris-green with water, as recommended for No. 140, 

 would be more effectual. 



