. Injurious insects of the orchard, vineyard, field, garden, conservatory, household, storehouse, domestic animals, etc., with remedies for their extermination . Fig. 168,—White-lined Sphinx—colors, olive-green, white,hlack and rose-colored. Remedies.—Nos. 14, 100 and 101. CHAPTER CIV. The Eight-spotted Forester. (Cal.) (Alypia octoviaculata.—Fabricius.) Order, Lepidoptera ; Family, [Feeding upon the leaves of the grapevine ; a bluish-whiteworm, dotted with black, and having on the middle of eachsegment a broad transverse orange band, on each side ofwhich are four black rings.] Fig
. Injurious insects of the orchard, vineyard, field, garden, conservatory, household, storehouse, domestic animals, etc., with remedies for their extermination . Fig. 168,—White-lined Sphinx—colors, olive-green, white,hlack and rose-colored. Remedies.—Nos. 14, 100 and 101. CHAPTER CIV. The Eight-spotted Forester. (Cal.) (Alypia octoviaculata.—Fabricius.) Order, Lepidoptera ; Family, [Feeding upon the leaves of the grapevine ; a bluish-whiteworm, dotted with black, and having on the middle of eachsegment a broad transverse orange band, on each side ofwhich are four black rings.] Fig. For-ester and Caterpillar; c, themoth—colors, blue-black andyellow ; a, the caterpillar—col-ors, bluish-white, black andorange ; h, one segment of itsbody, enlarged. This worm wlien fully grown(Fig. l()9r^) measures one inchand four lines in length; itpupates within a slight cocoon Fig. INSECTS INFESTING THE GRAPE. 187 spun beneath some leaves, or just beneath the surface of theground. The fore-wings of the moth (Fig. 169c) are of a deepblue-black color, and each are marked with two light yellowspots ; the hind wings are also blue-black, and are each markedwith two white spots. The larvae are found in the latter partof May. One specimen was received about May •27th, and oneon the 3d of June, 1882; both specimens were nearly fullgrown. Remedies.—Where vines are seriously infested, spray withNo. 5 or 7, witK an equal number of gallons of No. 9 added;also No. 101. The larva will creep under chips, etc., laid onthe ground under the vine, to pupate, and can be gathered inthe Autumn. CHAPTER CV. The Beautiful Wood Nymph. (Eiidryas grata.—Fabricius.) Order, Lepidoptera ; Family, Zyg^nid^. [Feeding upon the leaves of the grapevine; a bluish-whitecaterpillar dotted with black, and marked on the middle ofeach segment with a transverse orange band, on each side ofwhich ar
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