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laid in June. The eggs are a fiat, circular scale, of a 

 honey-jellow color, and are deposited on the underside 

 of the leaves. 



The Fkuit-woem is also the laiTa of a moth, but a 

 distinct and not identified s^Decies. It is of a yellcwish- 

 green color, and enters berry after berry, eating the in- 

 side of each, and finally goes into the ground to spin its 

 cocoon, and change to a chrysalis state; unlike the Vine- 

 worm, which spins its cocoon among the leaves at the end 

 of the vine, drawing two together for this purpose. 



The leaves are also attacked by the larva of a Saw-fly 

 (Prist ipJiom identidem), but this insect is not numerous. 

 The Fly makes a slit in the leaves, dej^ositing an egg- 

 within. Broods of this species aj^pear in June and 

 August. 



The Bud-tvoem, a small reddish-brown beetle [Antlio- 

 nomus suturalis), about the middle of Jtily, selects blos- 

 soms just before they are ready to expand, and dej^osits 

 in them an egg through a hole made in the center of the 

 bud. The beetle usually cuts off the bttd after deposit- 

 ing its egg. A dull-white grub hatches from the egg, 

 and feeds within the bud, changing to a pupa, and then 

 to a perfect beetle, and eats its way out, leaving a round 

 hole in the side of the bud. The beetles sometimes, 

 though seldom, feed upon the berry. The larvte are 

 often killed by a minute clialcis fly. 



Some other insects are occasionally injurious: if not 

 disastrously so, they serve to weaken the vines and inter- 

 fere with their productiveness. Among these is a Leaf- 

 hopper [Clastcqjtera jjvoteus, Fitch.) In its larval state, 

 it covers itself with froth; the perfect insect jumps with 

 the agility of a flea. Also a small Gall-gnat, the maggot 

 of which is in some places cjilled the '^Tip-worm," as it 

 draws together the small leaves at the tips of the grow- 

 ing shoots. 



