THE IMPORTED ELM LEAF-BEETLE. 
(Galeruca vanthomelena* Schrank.) 
Order COLEOPTERA; family CHRYSOMELID 4, 
* 
Fic. 1.—Galeruca xanthomelena: a, eggs; b, larvw; c, adults; e, eggs (enlarged); f, sculpture of 
eggs; g, larva (enlarged); h, side view of greatly enlarged segment of larva; 7, dorsal 
view of same; j, pupa (enlarged) ; /, portion of elytron of beetle (greatly enlarged).—After 
Riley. 
The depredatious of this pest have now become widely extended 
throughout the Northeastern States, rendering unsightly and almost 
worthless those most valuable shade trees of our cities—the elms. -As 
its injuries are so far unknown in the Mississippi Valley, the blighted 
appearance of the elms on the Department grounds in midsummer, and 
especially of the European varieties, at once attracted our attention 
when we first came to Washington, and a series of experiments was 
begun with a view of checking the ravages of the insect. The excel- 
* This is the Galeruca crategi Forst., and G. calmariensis Fabr. In Crotch’s Check 
List it appears as Galerucella ranthomelena. 
