90 BULLETIN NO, 4, DIVISION OF ENTOMOLOGY. 
THE ELM-LEAF BEETLE. 
Galeruca xanthomelena came in great force in June, and defoliated 
all our beautiful elms, to the great injury of our village. In the third 
week of July the trees all put forth a new crop of leaves, about one- 
third the size of the first crop. In the fourth week of July the second 
brood of Galeruca came, and devoured the new leaves. We are all 
anxious to see whether the trees will stand this treatment next spring. 
I fear our fine elms here are all doomed.—[Rey. SAMUEL LOCKWOOD, 
Freehold, N. J., August 6, 1883. 
GRAPE PEST—CODLING MOTH. 
I send you to-day a beetle which you will confer a favor by determin- 
ing at your earliest convenience. You will remember I sent you a 
Blapstinus said to be destroying foliage of grape-vines. Now here is 
another Tenebrionid that in one case has destroyed 55 acres of grape-vine. 
(Further particulars soon.) I also send you a codling moth [raised froma 
pear four yearsago. I found quite anumber last year. Is this a differ- 
eut species from Carpocapsa pomonella, or only a variety ?. The speci- 
men is in vial—{MATTHEW CooKE, Sacramento, Cal., July 23, 1883. 
[The Tenebrionid sent was Hleodes quadricollis Lec.; a very numerous 
species in the more northern part of California. The species of that genus, 
so numerous and abundant in the region west of the Rocky Mountains, are 
all known to feed upon decaying vegetable matter, and none have hith- 
erto been reported as doing damage to cultivated plants. In fact, this 
communication, if correct, would indicate a change of habit hitherto un- 
precedented in the history of economic entomology, and, unless further 
proof be brought forth, we can hardly believe that the species referred to 
is the real author of the damage to grape-vines. The only species of the 
large family Tenebrionide which can be considered as injurious are 
those feeding on stored produce, e. g., Tenebrio molitor, T. obscurus, Tri- 
bolium ferrugineum, Gnathocerus cornutus, and a few others. 
The codling moth was an interesting variety of Carpocapsa pomonella, 
with obsolete maculation. | 
THE WHEAT MIDGE. 
I find that I have fallen into the error of using a name for the wheat 
pest that is in erroneous use here (eeevil). The one I mean is called in 
Ontario the midge. It comes out in the fly state in July, and deposits 
its eggs near the kernels when the wheat is in its early stage. The yel- 
low grubs live upon the wheat in its milky state and leave it shriveled 
aud worthless. When we get a very early season, as this is, the wheat 
