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 Ptrophorus noctilucus, the Cucuyo 174 



Bibliography, 174. Reason for present notice, 175. Examples con- 

 tributed to the State collection, 175. Belong to the ElateridsB, 175. 

 Features of the family, 175. Only one species of the genus known in the 

 United States, 175. Abundance in South America, 175. Fitness of the 

 scientific name, 175. The light-giving organs, 176. The light emitted, 

 176. Where the insect is found, 176. Service that they rendered in 

 Mexico, 176. Worn as ornaments by Mexican ladies, 176. More brilliant 

 than crown jewels, 176. Protracted life of the beetles, 176. The food 

 given them, 177. Their period of captivity, 177. 



Crioceris asparagi, the Asparagus Beetle 177 



Bibliography, 177. The beetles received from Magnolia, Mass., 178. 

 First observaticm of the insect in the United States, 179. Long 

 confined to the seaboard, 179. Its southern extension, 179. Found 

 in Central and Western New York, 179. Northern extension, 179. Its 

 distribution may be confined to the Upper Austral life-zone, 179. Range 

 of animals and plants restricted to life-zones, 179. Study recently 

 given to life-zone limitation, 179. The San Jos6 scale apparently con- 

 fined to the Upper Austral, 179. The asparagus beetle may also have the 

 same limitation, 179. Under this law several destructive insect pests 

 may not extend over the eutire State of New York, 180. Relief that this 

 knowledge would afford, 180. Portions of New York embraced within 

 the Upper Austral zone, 180. The same zone in New England, 181. Will 

 it control the distribution of the Gypsy moth ? 181. Remedies for the 

 asparagus beetle, 181. 



liiNA SCRIPTA, the Cottonwood-leaf Beetle 181 



Bibliography, 181. Wonderful occasional multiplication of insects not 

 usually injurious, 182. L. scripta ravages on willows in New York such an 

 instance, 182. Received from Liverpool, N. Y., 182. Its destructiveness 

 reported at that locality, 182. Its distribution, 182. Abundance in 

 Western States on the cotton wood, 183. Thousands of trees killed, 183. 

 Its occurrence in New York, 183. Observed in Keene Valley, N. Y., 183. 

 The larva described and illustrated, 183. The insect figured in its sev- 

 eral stages, 183. Description of the beetle, 184. Illustration of the 

 beetle in its varieties, 184. Two or three broods each year, 184. Paris 

 green recommended as a remedy, but found not very successful, 184. 

 Increasing ravages of the insect, 184. Visit made to Liverpool for obser- 

 vation, 184. Culture of the willow for basket-making, 185. How the 

 willow is grown, 185. When cut for use, 185. Its subsequent treat- 

 ment, 185. Its yield and value, 185. Extent of its cultivation in West- 

 ern New York, 185. Not a native willow, 185. The basket-making 

 industry in Liverpool, 186. Steady increase of the insect for the past 



