LEAF-BEETLES. 135 



pollen from flower to flower, from tree to tree. They also occur 

 in the flowers of the apple and plum. Their name is Orsodacna 

 atra Ahr. 



Closely allied to them is a most beautiful beetle, but one 

 that is decidedly injurious. It is as yet not found in Minnesota, 

 but no doubt will reach us before long from the east. 



THE ASPARAGUS BEETLE. 



(Crioccris asparagi Linn.). 



This is a small, red, yellow and black beetle, as seen in the il- 

 lustration (Fig. 138). It gnaws holes in the heads of young 



Fig. 138. — Crioceris asparagi, Linn. — After Division of Entomology, U. S. De- 

 partment of Agriculture. 



