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(Diabrotica vittata). We were also told that the potatoes are often 
injured by a leaf-beetle, but could not obtain authentic specimens 
of it. According to the notes of Miss Hayward, an insect, appar- 
ently of this family, proves very destructive to the foliage of the 
arrow-root some seasons, sometimes destroying whole fields of it. 
Grape-vine Flea-beetle. (Graptodera chalybea (Illig.). Figure 
162. 
Of the Flea-beetles, the only one identified in our collection is the 
steel-blue Grape-vine Flea-beetle (Haltica (or Graptodera) chalybea 
Illig.), fig. 159, which feeds on the leaves of the grapevine and 
woodbine, but Mr. Bishop reports other species. 
162 
157 
a 
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Figure 157.—Meal worm (Tenebrio molitor); b, imago; a, its larva, nat. size. 
From Webster’s International Dictionary, after Chittenden. Figure 162.— 
Grape-vine Flea-beetle ; a, imago, enlarged; 6b, larva, x4; c, earth-coated 
pupa-case from the ground; d, part of a leaf, as eaten by the larve ; after 
Riley. 
Strawberry Flea-beetle. (Haltica ignita Nig.) Figure 163. 
According to the notes furnished by Mr. Geo. A. Bishop, this 
species is injurious to the strawberry and other plants in Bermuda. 
It varies in color from bright golden tints to brown and dull green. 
In the United States the beetle feeds on the young leaves of 
grapes, woodbine, kalmia, young peach leaves, etc. The larva feeds 
on evening primrose, and on young leaves and the buds of grape- 
vines. 
Tobacco Flea-beetle. (Epitrix parvula (Fab.) Figures 164, 164a. 
This small species is mentioned in the notes of Mr. Geo. A. Bishop 
as injurious to tobacco. In the United States it often does much 
damage to tobacco. It feeds also, as imago, on egg-plant, tomato, 
Jamestown-weed (Datura), and nightshades. 
