l^n oRDrn r oi.rnpTr.RA. 



AtiiM.M* ( FU«' xlv, Hk-^) 



Colur yellowiili gr(>«?u : hmd nml lit n|>|4'iii!agrs Mack. A <iv|>rf>iUnii iin«i (mo militrncrc 

 iK'hlnd tilt* nntcniw. The llirtc t)r«l niitriimc ,vf>ll"Wi«h (rrrc-n ; < ii lh< otitpr vidr, 

 Imiwii ; llin rciiiu'.tif|i-r ilurk hmuti or hlnrk : |>tr(u<t Mnrk : iiImIuiiicII \i-lliiU-i«h 

 grwii. 'I' hhIi vcIImh' |>rf<l !iiiiiii<'iiln;c ; t\v<> «liglil iiulinlalUnt 



on on>-li - • ^liglit lilt) Fill ri< u<n Kl\ira jalc gm-n. timrkol with 



rlfVt'ii liliii'k nitlx-r ijuiKlnin^iilar .'i|Kit!< : ni'»t ortluiii have ihfir nngU» rriumlnl.M 

 lis to n)>i>i\iarh nil "Mil form ; l\v Iviwil sixit is roininon to lx»th cljli.i I.< l^ 1 '; « k 

 ui>iH<r linir of the tliighH greenish. I^-ngth uuc-ruurlh oC an inch. 

 It will Iji- fviiUal fn>ni ihf nlxiVf griu-ric nn«l sjk rifle lUscrlptlons, ihai ,,n^ii,<ti .^ 

 neither ft lialtruca, l^int or llultica, niul pml-jilily not an .IdiinLnia : it IM-Iongs, h« WiViT, 

 to the va-it fiiniily (lALKui riD.t:. It is milicr rumnion in S<-|>t(-nil<« r iin<l oetoUr en the 

 astern and soli<la;{<i!<. Kither lite descriptions wiiliin my naeh nn- faulty,' r elM- it lut* not 

 Ihvu deserilwd. 



\,VMK THI\ ITfATA. 



Kutoiis : Ihoriix and head rufous ; the iVirmer )>unrtunii li;in>\< n4*ly at its Ui»c. ai;d 

 marki-d with two Mnek ilots. Elytra marked with longitudinal Muek Mripi-s, the 

 mid<lle sutunil : punrtures arranged in lines. Anlennie Maek ; flr^t Joint nifoii5 : 

 lower tiliia an i tarsi Muek. One variety more nifous.and marked with wider !<trii>es 

 and larger i|.>ts uj>on the thuiax : sometimes the dots are ahsi-nt 

 Kes<"mldes the strii-cil cucumber-bug. 



tlAi.r.airA vittata. 

 ('•lor yellow : head Mark. Kl\tra marked with three Mark h'njL'iiudinal <ilripi<i. in< hiding 

 the sutural one : alnlonirn Idarl. r.nli.s t.i..-tl\ , f il,;.- ..) i Im.- :iii.l fni .. 

 the other legs Itlark. 



TllJ!* InSi'Ct is trouhlesnmP to Vail'His \ nn^. iimi r»|'«-i i.ui* to y im:. i m imu'i r \irns 



when not of a vigorous growth. The best remedy is to seeure a strong and rapid pn wth : 

 other remrilies, whirh are more > r less surcessful. are. wa.shing the plant with ofii nsivr 

 liijuors, or siirinklini; them with strong-srcnteil powdi rs. Tolmero in its \ arious fomi», 

 whalo-oil s«»ap, etc. an- all more «.r less useful. 



(fALKRucA cALMARir.ssis ( Lin.). ( Plate \n. flg. 12.) 



'Dii.s i-s Etiroi>ean ins«'et. whieh has 1 «en introdurrd into this ronniry aU'Ul lialtitnore. 

 It Is destruellvr to the foliage of the elm. It is ah« ut one-(>>Hrth of an Inrh long, and is 

 i|<-i<eribe«l hy Mr. St»:phk?«h ns folloMrs : 'Oldong-ovatc ; uU.ve tcslarrcu.s, dMpIy |unc- 

 tunnl : rnirn, furmw on the ihonix, setifelliim, n dnfh < ii the clyJrn. I i«sl jimI la^e <f 

 .ihJo.nen, Maek ; a|H>x of the nlxlomen and l^ase < f the anf« niur te'lae«< u.s. 



