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Reddish, black-ringed caterpillars about 1% inches long, feed from June to August on Vir- 

 ginia creeper and grape . . Eight-spotted forester, Alypia o c t o m a c u 1 a t a, p. 575 

 Sprawly, yellowish green beetles about inch long, swarm on rosebushes and the foliage 



of trees and shrubs Rose beetle, Macrodactylus s u b s p i n o s u s, p. 575 



Greenish, black-headed caterpillars about % inch long, bore in the buds or web together 



leaves of roses Rose bud worm, Olethreutes nimbatana, p. 576 



Yellow-headed, dark green larvae tying rose leaves together 



Rose leaf tier, Olethreutes cyan ana, p. 577 

 Yellowish green, brown-headed caterpillars % inch long occur on oak and rose 



Cenopis pettitana, p. 579 

 Cenopis reticulatana,p. 580 

 Brown headed, greenish caterpillars about y± inch long, live in the webbed leaves of roses 

 and those of a large number of trees 



Oblique banded leaf roller, Archips rosaceana, p. 5 80 

 Rose leaf folder, Archips rosana, p. 58c 



Insects affecting fruit of deciduous forest trees 



A curculio much resembling the plum pest, though larger, ^ inch long, frequently infests 

 walnuts and butternuts. . . Walnut curculio, Conotrachelus juglandis, p. 581 



Conotrachelus seniculus, p. 582 

 A slender, white caterpillar about Y% inch long, mines hickory shucks, causing them to abort 



and fall prematurely Hickory shuck worm, Enarmonia caryana, p. 583 



A weevil with a remarkably long, slender, curved beak, occurs on acorns or may be bred 

 from white, legless grubs within them or other nuts 



Acorn weevil, B a 1 a n i n u s n a s i c u s, p. 583 

 A similar weevil and legless grubs occur in chestnuts 



Chestnut weevils Balaninus proboscideus and B. rectus, p. 5 85 



Frequenters, usually injurious, of deciduous forest trees p. 588 



Frequenters, usually beneficial, of deciduous forest trees p. 603 



Plant galls and gall makers p. 615 



Brachys aerosa Melsh. 



A triangular, flattened, metallic colored beetle about 3/ l6 inch in length, occurs on 

 oak and elm leaves in midsummer. 



A number of examples of this species were taken on elm May 20, 1903, 

 at Poughkeepsie N. Y., where they were eating irregular, oval holes near 

 the edges of the leaves. 



