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COLEOPTERA. 



enemy is about a quarter- of-an-inch long, and very 

 prettily marked ; the eggs are curiously placed end- 

 ways on the leaves, and often fixed one upon another. 

 My asparagus beds are free from these little pests, but 

 1 have had specimens sent me by friends and seen the 

 mischief done by them. 



On Plate VL, Fig. 6 (magnified), will be seen one of the 

 biggest rogues in the insect world that the farmer has to do 



Tracks of ScoLYTi in the Elm 



with. This is the Turnip-beetle, popularly termed "Turnip- 

 fly" (Altica nemorum). It is a small insect, being about the 

 eighth-of-an-inch long, and has — like the other species of 

 Alticce, related to it — very thick hind-legs,which enable it 

 to leap to a great distance, like fleas. The eggs are laid 

 upon the underside of the rough leaf from June to 

 September, and hatch in seven or eight days' time ; the 

 larvse live between the cuticles of the rough leaf, and 

 in about six days turn to pupae, which bury themselves 



