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CR AXBJERE Y C ULTU K E . 



dead leaves, or among: the litter at the surface of the 

 ground, and within this tiie worm becomes a pupa, or 

 chrysalis, as it is sometimes called. This pupa is about 

 0.25 of an inch in length, and is light brown. 



Remaining quier in this state for from ten to thirteen 

 days, the pupa works its way partly out of the cocoon, 

 the skin splits, and the moth escapes. The insect having 

 become a moth (or miiler is the common name has ar- 

 rived at its perfect, or imago state, and its mission now is 

 to lay eggs for another brood of worms. 



These moths were numerous in Eastham from the 10th 

 of June until about the f r-t of July. The eggs were de- 

 posited on the uu'ler si^le of the leaves. 



It was a commo:i theory tijat the eggs were laid in 

 the bud but I have never been able to find one there, 

 and have yet to meet with the person that found the eeg 

 on that part of the iilant : therefore, I am forced to con- 

 clude that it was only theory. I have seen hundreds of 

 the eggs, and noA^er one btit it w;is on the under side of 

 the leaf. 



This moth is mo>t active in the afternoon, nnd just at 

 eve. The CLi'gs that are lai'i in June hatch sometime 

 about the 4th of July, and the insuct passes ti rr-ugh the 

 same sta2:es of existence as before, moths coming out in 

 August, and laying eggs on trie vine. These cq-o-s ren^ain 

 on the \ines all winter. A very few may hatch in Sep- 

 tember, but I have never succeeded in finding more tiian 

 three or four in that month. The first brood is not usu- 

 allv so numerous as the second : but tiiis year the first 

 brood visited the bog of Mr. Xathanitl Robbins, of Har- 

 wich, and completely strij^ped the vine<. eating everything 

 tiiat it could eat. I visited liis bog on the '2Sth of June, 

 and I never saw the second brood do more than this first 

 brood did. I think this bog was under water until the 

 first of June. 



At Sandwich, on the 16th of July, there were vine 



