in zoology, the name of all winged insects when in their reptile or worm-state. See Eruca.

Method of Destroying Caterpillars on Trees.—Take a chafing dish with lighted charcoal, and placing it under the branches that are loaded with caterpillars, throw some pinches of brimstone upon the coals. The vapour of the sulphur, which is mortal to these insects, will not only destroy all that are on the tree, but prevent it from being infected with them afterwards. A pound of sulphur will clear as many trees as grow on several acres. This method has been successfully tried in France. In the Journal Oeconomique, the following is said to be infallible against the caterpillars feeding on cabbage, and perhaps may be equally serviceable against those that infect other vegetables. Sow with hemp all the borders of the ground where you mean to plant your cabbage; and, although the neighbourhood is infected with caterpillars, the space inclosed by the hemp will be perfectly free, not one of the vermin will approach it.