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feet when fallen on their back in attempting to climb the sides of the 

 rather shallow box in which they were confined. 



Sugar, and sugar cane soaked in water, were given them, but it is not 

 certain that they partook of either. They were apparently fond of ripe 

 strawberries, and would remain for a long time with their head resting on 

 freshly cut slices, slowly imbibing the juice after their jaws had seemingly 

 become fixed and incapable of crushing the pulp. Raspberries had no 

 attraction for them. They drank moderately from drops of water placed 

 in front of them, the antennae moving the while as if betokening relish. 

 Each day they were given a bath for a brief time in a dish of water, and 

 immersed therein. 



They continued to give out their light when disturbed, from both their 

 tipper and lower organs, in its usual brilliancy up to within two of three 

 days of their death. One of the beetles died early in July, the other two 

 on August 6th and loth. Their capture at San Domingo was at least three 

 weeks before they were presented to the State collection, which would 

 give them a period of captivity of over two and one-half months. 



Crioceris asparagi (Linn.). 

 The Asparagus Beetle. 



(Ord. Coleoptera: Fam. Chrysomelid^.) 



Hicks: in Amer. Entomol., ii, 1869, p. 53 (plentiful on Long Island). 

 Riley : in Amer. Nat., xvii, 1883, p. 199 (reference) ; in Ann. Rept. Dept. 



Agr. for 1881-1882, p. 177 (mention); Bull. 23 Md. Agr. Expt. 



Stat., 1893, pp. 90-91 (brief account). 

 Lintner: in Canad. Entomol, xvi, 1884, p. 182 (at Geneva, N. Y.); 



7th Rept. Ins. N. Y., 1891, p. 335 (reference); 8th do., 1893, 



pp. 116, 221, 250-253 (description, introduction, distribution, 



natural history, remedies) ; 9th do., 1893, pp. 342-343, fig. 20 



(spread in the State); loth do., 1895, pp. 498, 517 (reference); 



in Country Gent., Ix, 1895, p. 455 (northward spread of insect). 

 Lucas: in Ann. Soc. Entomol. France, 1888, pp. 102-104 (parasites of 



beetle) ; in Bull. Seances Entomol. Soc. Fr., 1888, pp. cxlv-cxlvii 



(habits). 

 Riley-Howard: in Insect Life, i, 1888, p. 29 (southward spread of 



insect), pp. 61-62 (its enemies) ; in id., iv, 1892, p. 401 (taken at 



Nashua, N. H.); in id., v, 1892, p. 99 (at Rochester, N. Y.). 

 Coquillett : in Insect Life, ii, 1890, p. 234 {Myobia pumila parasitic on). 

 Smith: Cat. Ins. N. J., in Final Rept. State Geol., ii, 1890, p. 214 



(common on asparagus); Ann. Rept. Ent. Dept., N. J. Agr. 



Expt. Stat, for 1892, 1893, p. 393 (mention); in Insect Life, vi, 



1893, pp. 191-192 (simple remedy for); the same in Ann. Rept. 



Ent. Dept., N. J. Agr. Expt. Stat, for 1893, 1894, p. 445; 



Econom. Entomol, 1896, pp. 21 1-2 12, fig. 204 (brief account). 



