. Bulletin. wilh more than two gallons of water in teaspoonful of Paiis green is an indefinite quantity. I thereforetook a teaspoonfid heaped up as full as it vvoidd hold, and very care-fully weighed it in delicate balances. It weighed halt an ounce,whiih in two gallons of water would be in the poi)ortion of onepound to G4 gallons, which, as shown above, would injure the then took a teaspoonful of Paris green somewhat heaped up andfound that it weiglied three-eights of an ounce which in two gallonsof water would be equal to the proportion of one pound to 8;) gallons,which would i
. Bulletin. wilh more than two gallons of water in teaspoonful of Paiis green is an indefinite quantity. I thereforetook a teaspoonfid heaped up as full as it vvoidd hold, and very care-fully weighed it in delicate balances. It weighed halt an ounce,whiih in two gallons of water would be in the poi)ortion of onepound to G4 gallons, which, as shown above, would injure the then took a teaspoonful of Paris green somewhat heaped up andfound that it weiglied three-eights of an ounce which in two gallonsof water would be equal to the proportion of one pound to 8;) gallons,which would injure the leaves. I then filled the and strokedit off with a stick leaving it only level full, and found that it con-tained just one-fifth of an ounce, which in two gallons of water wouldbe in the proportion of one pound to 160 gallons, and if the Parisgreen is to be measured in a teaspoon, it should be taken level oreven full only, for a pail of water. 141 THE FRUIT WORM. Mineola vacci)iii, Fro. 9. Web of second brood, showinfr theirmethod of feeding. (After Suiilh.) Fig. of ipcoml brood, inclosing budsof two upriglits. (After Smith.) This moth appears on the bocrs about the time the berries arebeginning to set, fiom the fiist to the middle of July, according asthe season is early or late. They lay tiieir eggs at the blossom endof the young birry, often l»eiieath one of the triangular lobes of thecalyx. The egg, fig. 11, b and c. is very much flattened, of a paleyellow color, and hatches in five or six days after it is laid. For aday or two it feeds on the outside of the berry, in the calyx, afterwhich it makes its way into the berry, eats out the seed chamber, andthen migrates to another. The larva, fig. 11, d, reaches maturityin September, sometimes not being fully grown at picking-time. Itis then rather more than half an inch in length, of a bright greencolor, usually with a reddish tinge on the back. The head is narrowerthan the first segment, and
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