38 INSECTS INJURIOUS EN 1902. 
writes as follows: ‘I have grown berries here for four years 
and this is the first year they have troubled the strawberries.” 
In response to my request for specimens of the insects doing 

Wig. 35—Harpalus pennsylvanicus, enlarged 4 times. <A. G. Ruggles. 
the injury, he sent me some specimens of this beetle. It was hard 
to believe that this well known friend had developed such a trick, 
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Vig. 56.—Strawberries showing the work of Harpalus. On the extreme right an 
uninjured berry (after Slingerland). ; 
but investigation of the literature on Harpalus, revealed the fact 
that our little friend had shown this bad trait elsewhere. 
