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(Dlabrotica vittata). We were also told that the potatoes are often 

 injured by a leaf-beetle, but could not obtain authentic specimens 

 of it. According to the notes of Miss Hayward, an insect, appar- 

 ently of this family, proves very destructive to the foliage of the 

 arrow-root some seasons, sometimes destroying whole fields of it. 



Grape-nine Flea-beetle. ( Graptodera chalybea (Illig.). Figure 

 162. 



Of the Flea-beetles, the only one identified in our collection is the 

 steel-blue Grape-vine Flea-beetle (Halt tea (or Graptodera) chalybea 

 Illig.), fig. 159, which feeds on the leaves of the grapevine and 

 woodbine, but Mr. Bishop reports other species. 



162 



Figure 157. — Meal worm (Tenebrio molitor) ; ft, imago; a, its larva, nat. size. 

 From Webster's International Dictionary, after Chittenden. Figure 162. — 

 Grape-vine Flea-beetle ; «, imago, enlarged; b, larva, x 4 ; c, earth-coated 

 pupa-case from the ground ; </, part of a leaf, as eaten by the larva? ; after 

 Eiley. 



Strawberry Flea-beetle. (Haltica ignita Illig.) Figure 163. 



Accoi'ding to the notes furnished by Mr. Geo. A. Bishop, this 

 species is injurious to the strawberry and other plants in Bermuda. 

 It varies in color from bright golden tints to brown and dull green. 



In the United States the beetle feeds on the young leaves of 

 grapes, woodbine, kalmia, young peach leaves, etc. The larva feeds 

 on evening primrose, and on young leaves and the buds of grape- 

 vines. 



Tobacco Flea-beetle. (Fpitrix parvula (Fab.) Figures 164, L64a. 



This small species is mentioned in the notes of Mr. Geo. A. Bishop 

 as injurious to tobacco. In the United States it often does much 

 damage to tobacco. It feeds also, as imago, on egg-plant, tomato, 

 Jamestown-weed (Datura), and nightshades. 



