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BUPRESTID-BEETLES. 



No "galled" cane ever ripens a fair set of berries, and it might 

 as well be cut ont at once. Another satisfactory method is to 

 cut off all the new shoots at the surface of the ground about the 

 end of June. At this time all the beetles have laid their eggs. 



Fig. &7.—Agrilus sinuatiis. After Division of Entoniologv, U. S. Deoartment 

 oi Agriculture. 



