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BUPRESTID-BEETLES. 



No ! 'galled" cane ever ripens a fair set of berries, and it might 

 as well be cut out at once. Another satisfactory method is to 

 cut off all the new shoots at the surface of the ground about the 

 end of June. At this time all the beetles have laid their eggs, 



Fig. 67. — Agrilus sinuatns. After Division of Entomology, U. S. Department 

 of Agriculture. 



