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male iiiiiiiecliately dies. From the time these 
little animals quit the eggs, to about the fore end 
or middle of October, they derive support from 
the spurs and branches. 
At the last mentioned period they become 
dormant, in which state they remain in crevices, 
or among the rough bark, till the latter end 
of Febiuary or beginning of March, appar- 
ently uninjured by very severe or wet w'eather. 
I found, on the 1st of February, 1826, after 
several days of sharp frost, those insects living. 
About the above period, if the weather proves mild, 
they are awakened out of their lethargy, and will 
be found pretty actively roving about in search of, 
as I suppose, the most suitable food, and there they 
feed till about the middle of May, when they retire 
to undergo their last process as before-mentioned. 
Their depredations are seldom extensive, or of 
much moment, yet they appear to enjoy this bush 
more than any thing else, except the Grape Vine, 
or at least I find it to be so among trees in the 
open air. Sometimes those kinds of Gooseberry 
bushes which they numerously infest and appear to 
enjoy most are materially injured by their perpe- 
tually lacerating the spurs and branches. 
For their Destruction. — The Mixture 
(No. 3) may be applied any time from the middle 
of August to the latter end of September. As 
the animals lodge a good deal under the spurs 
and branches, care must be taken to apply the 
Mixture on such parts. It would be more com- 
