Cj. The Grassh4)j)per or GryUus grido-taipo 



This voraeious insect gnaws holes in the joints of the Vines, whicii . 

 rf they do not kill outright, will at least throw the plant into a state 

 of languor and debility which is finally fatal to its produce. This 

 grasshopper, a kind of mole-cricket, cuts the roots that lie in its way 

 and makes an active chase after other insects which it greedily de- 

 vours. The best means prop sed to destroy it, is to keep the soil 

 moist ; but then it docs not agree with the Vine. It may for a time 

 be the lesser evil of the two. 



7. The Mantis Teligiosa or Camel- Cricket. 



This insect is falsely accused of m )re injuries to the Vines than it 

 in reality commits. It is only in thr* larva state that it feeds on the 

 tender leaves. In its perfect stat- i' '^'es on insects; it catches them 

 with singular address ; and in eaiuig, ahvays commences upon one 

 end of the abdomen. 



S. The red-winged CricJut — Acrydium stridulum. 



The extremities of its red wings are black and folded lengthwise 

 imder two coriaceous sheaths. The corslet is ridged and the hinder 

 legs are formed for leaping. It cats the leaves ; is very voracious, and 

 its prodigious fertility make it formidable at times. The female lavs 

 her eggs towards the close of autmmi. in the cracks of fat soils, 

 where they remain until the first fine day in spring. By the end 

 of May the yoimg crickets come fortli ; they are not winged, and cast 

 their skins several times before the perfect state. 



In our northern departments they are not numerous, and are caught 

 in nets ; but they infest the South in some seasons to that degree, 

 that they have to be routed like annies. The starlinors and some 

 other birds are fond of them. 



9. The Chermes viUs or Vine-Freiier. 



Commonly called gall-fly ; it is brownish, and settles ou the trunic 

 and branches of the Vine, where it lays great quantities of eggs 

 which it protects with a light covering of white down from its bodr 



