. The American entomologist. Entomology. ENTOMOLOGIST AND BOTANIST. 307 Grape-vine Fidia—/. Hetzel, BanJcer mil, The Lliestmit-brown beetle on your grape-vines tlie Grai)e-\ine Fidia (Fidia viticidu, ilsli, Fig. 188). It does much inj iirj '•.r~^\^^ tlie vines Ijy riddling the leaves ^-- M. Luckily this beetle has the same pre- lautionary habit of dropping to the ground, upon the slightest disturb- ance, as has the Plum Curculio, and this habit enables us to keep it in check- The most ctHcient way of doing lliis Coiot- is by the aid of chickens. The late Wm. Peschell, of Hermann, Mo., o
. The American entomologist. Entomology. ENTOMOLOGIST AND BOTANIST. 307 Grape-vine Fidia—/. Hetzel, BanJcer mil, The Lliestmit-brown beetle on your grape-vines tlie Grai)e-\ine Fidia (Fidia viticidu, ilsli, Fig. 188). It does much inj iirj '•.r~^\^^ tlie vines Ijy riddling the leaves ^-- M. Luckily this beetle has the same pre- lautionary habit of dropping to the ground, upon the slightest disturb- ance, as has the Plum Curculio, and this habit enables us to keep it in check- The most ctHcient way of doing lliis Coiot- is by the aid of chickens. The late Wm. Peschell, of Hermann, Mo., on whose beetle had been exceedingly numerous, raised a largi^ brood of chickens in 181)7, and had them so well trained that all he had to ilo was to start them in the vineyard with a boy in front to shake the vines, and he himself behind the chi(-ks. The chicks picked up every beetle which fell to tlie ground, and in this manner Mr. P. kept his vines so clean that lie could scarcely find a single beetle in ISGS. Bee Nest—/. If. MuhUmai,, Woodhurn, Jlls.—The small bee spoken ot on page 214, which wo supposed might produce Veratina dupla, .Say, produced in reality Prosoph ajfinis, bmith. The species was kindly deter- mined by Mr. E. T. Cresson, and you will find the original description in Mr. Smith's Catalogue of Hy- inenoptera in the Hritish Museum, part I, page 24. Sonic Interesting: Insects—^. S. Fuller, Sidge- wood, N. t/.—You have our thanks for your numerous kindnesses. The following condensed answers should have been published last month: [1 ] The weevil in Lima beans, which you suppose to be the imported Jliuchus granarius, are not tliat insect, but a native species IBruchus ohsoletus. Say) which we have several times referred to, and which is doing much damage to beans in various parts of the country. [2.] The ear of flint c(n-n was infested by the larva of the Angoumois Grain Moth {Butalis cerealeUa,'^- Oliv.), of which you will find a full account in Harri
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