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INSECTS AND INSECTICIDES. 
noted. On a small scale, a teaspoonful of the poison to 
a pail of water is sufficient. More than one application 
may be necessary, however, during the period at which 
it is active. The first application may be made the last 
week in May, and in two weeks more another may be 
necessary, as the beetles fly well and are very numerous. 
The species may be easily identified by its highly pol¬ 
ished brassy-green color, its jumping habit on being 
alarmed, and its partiality for the apple, although it will 
occasionally attack the grapevine, riddling its foliage, 
leaving the framework of the leaf as it does that of the 
apple. 
the eight-spotted forester [Alypia octomaculata). 
The larva of this beautiful moth attacks the foliage 
of the grape annually, in some sections of the State, in 
large numbers. There are two broods, the first moths 
appearing in May, and the second in August. The 
wings of the moth, when spread, expand nearly one and 
a half inches. It is bluish black in color, with two large, 
light yellow spots on each of the fore wings, and two 
white spots on each of the hind wings. It is so strongly 
marked that it is readily recognized. The larva is a dull 
white with eight black lines on each segment, and a 
series of white spots on each side close to the under 
surface. 
Remedies —I have always succeeded in destroying the 
larvae of the first brood with a weak application of Paris 
green in water, in June. For the second brood, if the 
vines are in bearing, it will not do to apply the poison, 
but if the first attack has been promptly met, there will 
not be much trouble from the second. 
the imported currant borer (Algeria tipuliformis). 
For a few years past the larva of this moth has been 
injurious to the red currant bush in this State, appearing 
in this region from the middle to the last of the month of 
