. Annual report of the Agricultural Experiment Station. Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). 26 'IIX IS-t. ing season some of these grilles develo])e(l into the beetles known as the grape-vine Fidia, thns establisliing the identity of the grubs, and in October, 1895, Mr. Are])ster pnblisiied an adniiral)le l)nlletin (Bull Xo. 02, Ohio Kx|). Sta.) on the insect. Having had but little opportunity to study the pest in Xew York, and as ^Ii". Webster's work has been so thoruUi>-hlv well done, uur statements in this bulletin are laro-el\
. Annual report of the Agricultural Experiment Station. Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). 26 'IIX IS-t. ing season some of these grilles develo])e(l into the beetles known as the grape-vine Fidia, thns establisliing the identity of the grubs, and in October, 1895, Mr. Are])ster pnblisiied an adniiral)le l)nlletin (Bull Xo. 02, Ohio Kx|). Sta.) on the insect. Having had but little opportunity to study the pest in Xew York, and as ^Ii". Webster's work has been so thoruUi>-hlv well done, uur statements in this bulletin are laro-el\- abstracts of liis bulletin, and of his other more recent notes (»ii rhe inseet. The pest has done much damage during the past six years in vinevards alonjj' Lake Erie east of Cleveland, Ohio, and in IS99 a serious outbreak was reported at Bloomington. 111. It seems to have spread slowly in Ohio, and probably the outbreak in New York near Ripley, in Chautauqua County, has resulted from the eastward spread of the insect. It is evidently spreading slowly near Ilipley where 10 or 12 acres of one vineyai-d have been already ])ractically ruined. It is to be hoiked that its ravao-es mav be limited in our State, for it is the most serious and dangerous insect enemv which has yet made its appearance in our vineyards; it feeds both on the roots and leaves, and it is proving to be a difficult pest to control. It is capable of killing the vines outi'ight, and when present in injurious numbers it usually seriously weakens or stunt> the Its Al'PKAKANCK AM) How TO FlXD Jt. The tidult iiii^i'Ct or beetle irhieh eatx tin rliidii- like liolts ill the leat\x, enhirfjed. The line helow rep rese n t a the nntxiI al length of the beetle. {From Wehaier.) Grape-gi-owers can readily find the insect in its tw(^ acti\e and tructive stages— the beetle and the gi'ub if tliey are ])i"esent in injurious numl)eis The adult insect is a small beetle about a (piarter of an incli in length an
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