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RiTZEMA Bos : Tierische Schad. Niitzlinge, 1891, pp. 357-358. 



Weed, C. M. : Insects and Insecticides, 1891, pp. 204-206, fig. 109 



(brief account with remedies). 

 Forbes: in Insect Life, v, 1892, p. 73 (kerosene emulsion for). 

 Taschenberg: Brehms Tierleben, Insekten, ix, 1892, p. 194, fig. 2 (brief 



mention). 

 Henshaw: in Psyche, vi, 1893, p. 557 (reference). 

 Webster: in Insect Life, vi, 1893, p. 1S6 (westward spread); Bull. 51 



Ohio Agr. Expt. Station, 1894, pp. 85-89, figs. 1-3 (distribution, 



description, life-history, remedies). 

 Lowe: Bull. 75 N. Y. Agr. Expt. Stat., 1894, pp. 425-427, PI. IV, 



figs. 1-5 (general account); the same in Ann. Rept. do. for 



1894, 1895, pp. 729-731. 

 CoMSTOCKS: Manual Study Ins., 1895, pp. 575-576, fig. 701 (brief 



notice). 

 Howard : in Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash., iii, 1895, pp. 222, 223 (distribution 



may be confined to Upper Austral life-zone). 

 HopKiNS-RuMSEY : Bull. 44 W. Va. Agr. Expt. Stat., 1896, pp. 291, 



317 (brief mention). 

 (The above are additional to the references given in the First Report.) 



A letter given below from a gentleman in MagnoHa, Mass., received 

 dtu-ing the la'st week in May, 1895, was of special interest, as indicating 

 a new locality for a gradually spreading introduced insect pest, in its- 

 almost extreme northern extension : 



I have grown asparagus very successfully for ten or fifteen years, but 

 this spring it has been attacked by thousands of small black and yellow 

 beetles, which do not allow it to put its head above ground without 

 gnawing it and leaving it covered with exuvise. 



I suppose this pest is well known to you, and I should be much obliged 

 if you would indicate any way of destroying it. T. J. C. 



Magnolia^ Mass. 



Reply was made through the Country Gentleman of June 13th, as follows: 



The insect that is occurring so abundantly and is so destructive at 



Magnolia is without much doubt a recent appearance of that well-known 



pest, the asparagus beetle, Crioceris asparagi, 

 , at that locality. Will the writer of the above 

 ?^ please send examples for positive identifica- 

 tion ? If proved to be that species, its occur- 

 rence at ]\Iagnoha will be of considerable 

 interest to those of our entomologists who 

 are giving attention to the distribution and 

 rate of progress of our introduced insect 

 pests. 



Fig. 13. -Asparagus beetle (a com- In accordance with the Tcquest, a number 



mon six-spotted form), enlarged , , , , r i j i r j 



about six diameters, with furtiier of the beetles were forwarded, and were found 



enlargement of antenna and front . i ..-l n i /^ • • j. 



tarsus. to be the well-known Crioceris asparagi. 



