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Doubtless in this instance the leaves so consumed were used in the construction of 

 iuitable nests, in which to deposit the eggs and rear the young of those insects. 



A Strawberry Bug (Corimelcena—?). 



The insect above referred to belongs to an entirely different order from any of those 

 already treated of, its place being among the Hemipkra or true bugs, but in its general 

 appearance it very much resembles a small beetle, and indeed it is often mistaken for one. 

 This bug is about one-tenth of an inch long, nearly round, and of a deep shining black 

 colour. Its habit is to puncture the stem of the fruit and thus cause it to wither. In 

 the C'(jn(i'/« /"(jrmc)- for 18-i7, page ;!28, and also in that for 18G8, page 189, references 

 are made to this insect, and it would seem that about that time it was very troublesome 

 to the strawberries in the grounds of Mr. Chas. Arnold, of Paris, Ont., but it does not 

 appear to have continued its devastations sufficiently since then to attract much attention. 

 Mr. Kiley refers to it as occurring in the west quite abundantly in some localities. — See 

 Amer. Entomologist, vol. 1, page 207. Besides being injurious to the strawberry, it is 

 said to have affected the raspberry, the cherry and the quince. 



