. The American entomologist. Entomology. 328 THE AMERICAN vine and bury themselves a short distance iu the cartli, where, after each forming a little earthen cell (Fig. 20-1, c), they change to pupfe of a dccj) (lull yellow color, andlu about three weeks more issue as beetles. These beetles leave the ground from the middle of June to the middle of July, and, so far as we aie aware, do not breed ajrain till the following spring—there being but one In-ood each year. They subsist on the leaves during the fall, but the damage they inllictis trifling compared to (hat whicli they cause in spring. Li
. The American entomologist. Entomology. 328 THE AMERICAN vine and bury themselves a short distance iu the cartli, where, after each forming a little earthen cell (Fig. 20-1, c), they change to pupfe of a dccj) (lull yellow color, andlu about three weeks more issue as beetles. These beetles leave the ground from the middle of June to the middle of July, and, so far as we aie aware, do not breed ajrain till the following spring—there being but one In-ood each year. They subsist on the leaves during the fall, but the damage they inllictis trifling compared to (hat whicli they cause in spring. Like all other t'lea-bcetlcs, this species has very stout, swollen hind thighs, which, though [FiK. ar,.] hidden in our Figure 204, d, are well \ >' represented iu the acconipauying \)^f^ cut (l*ig. 205). By means of tliesc /ot^ T '^^'?'^"f^ thighs they are enabled to Htfc^ 1 •'""'1' ^'^o"'' ^'^'?y energetically, J^ftt and arc consequcutly very difficult ^ to manage during the summer inoiiths. In Ihc winter time, however, they can be destroyed iu great numbers while hid- den in a torpid state in their retreats. Clean cul are and general cleanliness in a vineyard will, to a great extent, prevent this insect's in- crease. Dr. Hull, of Alton, T|ls,,,t»iti us* (hat ||„.vu. ??•",..?.?-o nmnr TUB PALL ARMY WORM. From many iiarts of Missouri and Illinois, complaints reach us of the ravages ot the "Fall ; We have received specimens from Moniteau, Jefferson, St. Louis, Pulaski and Cole counties in Missouri, and accounts of its injuries reach us almost every day from the northeastern portion of the State. "What is this "Fall Army-worm?" will be anxiously asked by the entomological reader; but we doubt whether there is yet any one in this wide world who can tell with any degree of assurance. We can say, that it is a dark worm, the larva of some species of OwletMoth, and very closely allied to the true Army-wm ;m [Leucan
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