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seen through the transparent skin, along the top of the back, from the fourth to the 
tenth rings inclusive. True legs six, articulate, brown ; prolegs wanting or replaced 
by double rows of hooks in pairs beneath the sixth, seventh, eighth, and ninth rings, 
and two single rows under the last ring. Spiracles brown. A few very short hairs 
on each ring, arising singly from little hard points or pit-like, warty substances. 
The Papa. —This is inclosed in a cocoon made of the squash stalk, tied together 
with a few silken threads. 
The Moth. — The wings expand one inch and one quarter. Opaque lustrous, olive- 
brown ; hind wings transparent, with the margin and fringes brown ; antennae 
greenish black, palpi pale yellow, with a little black tuft near the tip ; thorax olive ; 
abdomen deep orange, with a transverse basal black band, and a longitudinal row of 
five or six black spots ; tibiae and tarsi of the hind legs thickly fringed on the in- 
side with black, and on the outside with long orange-colored hairs ; spurs covered 
with white hairs. (Harris. ) 
Its Injuries. — The female moth lays an egg on the vine near the 
roots; the worm which hatches therefrom bores into and feeds on the 
soft succulent interior of the stem, particularly at its origin near the 
ground, and at the base of the leaves ; frequently when small the 
worm bores even into the larger leaf- veins. It may easily be detected 
at work by the withering of the leaves and stem. 
Parasites. — 1 know of no parasites bred from this borer ; although I 
have a large, beautiful, golden green Pteromalid, captured on the 
vines, that may possibly prove to be its parasite ; others were seen on 
the vine or its vicinity. 
Remedies. — The following suggestions and remedies will be found use- 
ful in destroying the pest: 
Cutting out the larvce. — This method has been long in use by garden- 
ers, and with a little practice one soon becomes quite expert in detecting 
and removing the larvae. 
Bisulphide of Carbon in the Ground. — Prof. C. Y. Eiley first suggested 
the use of this insecticide in destroying grape phylloxera and Prof. A. 
J. Cook has since used it successfully in destroying this borer. He 
says: “ A small hole is made in the earth near the main root of the 
plant by the use of a walking-stick or other rod, and about a teaspoouful 
of the liquid poured in, when the hole is quickly filled with earth and 
pressed down by the foot.” In every instance the insects were killed 
without injury to the plant. 
Gas-lime. — Fresh gas-lime, liberally distributed, after the removal of 
the crop, will kill the larvae within the cocoons. It is well also to fol- 
low Professor Lintner, who says: “An infested crop should not be 
followed by another upon the same ground.” 
Treatment with Saltpeter. — “Four tablespoonfuls dissolved in a pail 
of water, and about a quart applied to each hill where an attack was 
noticed and the leaves were wilting, at the time when the vines were 
just beginning to run nicely, effectually arrested the attack aud a fine 
crop followed.” ( Country Gentleman.) 
