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4 July they appeared in stubble Hekls. 

 and were found iVoni the beginning in 

 sweeping the leaves of the strawberry, 

 where thev continued common until i 

 August. They were also taken in vine- 

 yards, feeding upon the leaves of grapes, 

 on II Julv. 



Carefid and repeated search in all 

 situations suited to their tlevelopniLnt 

 failed to discover either larvae or pupae 

 again during the year ; and I have no 

 doubt that the species is single-broodeil, 

 and think that it completes its trans- 

 formations, under ordinary circumstan- 

 ces, by I August. 



Numerous collections made in Octo- 

 ber, November and December, through- 

 out the region where these beetles ap- 

 peared abundantly earlier in the year, 

 failed to discover a single sjjecinien 

 among the thousands of hibernating in- 

 sects encomitered ; and I am of the 

 opinion that this species hibernates 

 rarely, if ever, as an imago, but believe 

 that it deposits its eggs in late summer or 

 autumn, probably in the (.-arth about 

 strawberry roots. 



[-"ahia aterrim.\ Oliy. ( PI. i . tig. 1.4.) 

 I.iteratiirc. 

 The larva of this chr\ scjinelid was 

 first noticed in iSSo, in an article b\ 

 Prof. A.J. Cook, of Michigan, printed 

 originally in several western agricultu- 

 ral journals, and later in the report of 

 the Michigan state horticultmal societ\ 

 tor that year. p. 393. This newspaper 

 description was republislied in the 

 American entomologist for October 

 iSSo. \-. 3, p. 242 243, and a few re- 

 marks were added by Mr. Riley, com- 



paring the characters of tlie larva, as 

 described by Prof. Cook, with those 

 supposed to distinguish Colaspis. 



Prof. Cook's article, in a revised form. 

 was also published by the State agri- 

 cultural society of Michigan, in its re- 

 port tor the vear ending August 31st, 

 iSSo. p. 273. Another account of the 

 larva, with some additional notes upon 

 its habits, was given by the present wri- 

 ter in the Transactions of tiie State hor- 

 ticultural society of Illinois, for 1882, 

 p. 199. and again, in the following year, 

 'n a paper on Insects atfecting the 

 strawberry, published in the Transac- 

 tions of the Mississippi vallev horticul- 

 tural society for 1SS3, p. 77 and also 

 issued as a separate pamphlet. This 

 description was somewhat tuller than 

 am preceding, and was illustrated by a 

 tigiue of the larva made from a camera- 

 lucida drawing, but still insufficient to 

 distinguish it clearly from the larva of 

 Colaspis. and applying equally well 

 either to Paria or to Scclodonta. 



Description. 

 Larva. Agreeing closeh in size, 

 form, and general appearance with the 

 larva of Colaspis. this species ma\ be 

 distinguished by the following details: 

 The brown hairs of the ventral riilges 

 are tew and short, all shorter, in fact. 

 than the corresponding segments. The 

 ends of these segments are cut otV by 

 oblique grooves, antl have the form of 

 triangular tubercles, with their apices 

 inwards: but these are not raised at all 

 above the general ventral surface. Each 

 of them bears from five to seven hairs. 

 of \yliich about lluee are longer than 



