XVlll TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



INJURIOUS COLEOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



Macrodactylus sdbspinosus, the Rose-beetle 227 



Bibliography, 237. Long known as a serious pest, 228. Its systematic 

 position, 228. The beetle described and figured, 228. Its preference 

 for roses, 229 ; other food-plants, 229. Notice of its ravages in Massa- 

 chusetts, 230 ; in other localities, and in New York recently, 230. Often 

 quite local, 231. Appears suddenly in immense numbers, 281. Its nat- 

 ural history, 231. Hand-picking and jarring as remedies, 231. Plaster 

 and tansy water as preventives of attack, 232. Protection by inclosure 

 in netting, 232. 



Euphoria Inda, the Indian Cetonia • 232 



Synonymy and bibliography, 232. Its popular name, 233. Alarm ex- 

 cited by " a new corn-bug," 233. Habits of associated species, 234. De- 

 scription and figures of the beetle, 234. Surprise at its appearance as * 

 corn depredator, 235. Earlier notices of its injuries to corn, 235. Its at- 

 tack probably follows injuries by birds, 235. The English sparrow pre- 

 paring the way for the attack of the beetle, 236. Only occasionally in- 

 jurious to corn, 236. Time of its appearance, 236. The beetle reported 

 as eating the bark from apple-trees, 237 : the report not credited, 237. 

 The larvae may be injurious to the roots of cultivated plants, 237. A 

 grass-feeding larva of an allied species, 237. The Indian Cetonia injurious 

 to flowers, 238. In seasons of its abundance corn should be protected 

 from birds, 238. The beetles may be caught in nets, 238. Hand-picking 

 from flowers, 238. Collecting the larvoe after heavy rains, 238. 



Crioceris asparagi, the Asparagus Beetle 239 



Bibliography, 239. Its gradual extension to new localities, 239. Its 

 present distribution, 240. Long known in Europe, 240. Its introduction 

 into the United States about the year 1859, 240. Its spread throughout 

 Long Island, 240. Is attacked and checked by a parasite, 241. Its ex- 

 tension into New Jersey, 241. Description and figures of the egg, the 

 larva and the beetle, 242. The " cross bearer," 242. The six-spotted 

 variety, 243. Its family relations, 243. Allied injurious species, 244. 

 Recent introduction of another asparagus beetle, Crioceris l2-punctata, 

 244. Natural history of C. asparagi, 244. Remedies . hand-picking 

 recommended in Europe, 245 ; fowls useful for hunting them, 245; dust- 

 ing with lime very effectual, 246 ; cutting away the young seedlings a 

 preventive, 246 ; removing the seed-stems has been found beneficial. 246. 



Phytonomus punctatus, the Punctured Clover-leaf Weevil 247 



Bibliography, 247. A recent addition to our insect-pests, 247. When 

 and where discovered in this country, 247. Description and figure of the 

 beetle, 247. Its singular net-work cocoon described and figured, 248. 

 Similar cocoons made by other Curculionidm, 248. Not known as injurious 

 to clover in Europe, 248. Change in habits often attends introduced in- 

 sects, 249. First notice of the clover-leaf weevil in this country, 249. De- 

 scription of the egg and larva, 249. Figures of the insect in its different 

 stages, 250. Life-history of the species, 250. Possibly imported many 

 years ago, 251. Described by Dr. Le Conte, 251. Localities of its occur- 

 rence in New York, 252. Observed in Vermont, 253. Rolling and burn- 

 ing as remedies for it, 253. 



