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DISTRIBUTION IN 1908. 
This species is present now in what is known as the Upper Austral 
life zone, although in certain points in New England it has located 
in what is considered the Transition zone. Its course up the Hudson 
fiver lies within a rather narrow strip of Upper Austral. In all 
probability it is destined in time to overspread the entire Upper 
Austral zone and to make its way to some extent into neighboring 
areas in which it may find conditions for its continuance. 
© Its distribution in Massachusetts, though wide, is local. In New 
Hampshire it has been recorded from Nashua and Portsmouth. It 
is possible that in a few years it may be able to encroach shehtly upon 
the bordering States of Vermont, in the vicinity of the Connecticut 
River Valley, and Maine, near the New Hampshire seaboard. It is 
well established in Connecticut, occurs in Rhode Island, and is gen- 
erally distributed through New Jersey, Delaware, and Maryland, 
and in southeastern Pennsylvania near the Delaware River. It was 
predicted by the writer that, although this species in 1896 was still 
local in New York and Ohio, we might expect within a few years 
to hear of its invading other portions of those States lying within 
the Upper Austral zone; Canada, of which there is a strip of 
Upper Austral bordering the northern shore of Lake Erie; and, 
later, Indiana, Ulinois, Kentucky, and States farther west. By 
1897 the species had occupied the strip bordering the southern shore 
of Lake Erie, being recorded from nine counties of eastern Ohio. 
The following year it was noticed in western Virginia. In 1898 it 
was reported from Benton Harbor, Mich., where, however, it had 
been present since 1896. By 1899 it had appeared in Canada in the 
Niagara River region and was accompanied by the twelve-spotted 
species. The insect obviously received more or less severe setbacks in 
succeeding years, but by 1904 the common form was observed about 
Toronto, Canada, and about 4+ miles west of Chicago, Ill. It has 
now become very generally distributed in the asparagus-growing sec- 
tions of New York State, having reached Glens Falls, its northern- 
most recorded limit in the United States. In Ohio the species has 
been established near Columbus since 1903, and near Cincinnati since 
1905, but has not been reported from Kentucky or Indiana, although 
it has probably invaded the latter State. 
In 1904 the occurrence of this insect at Bouldin Island, California, 
was reported, but the following year it could not be found. Its dis- 
appearance was attributed to the fact that the island had been flooded, 
‘ausing the death of the pest. In 1906, however, the beetle was 
reported in abundance near Oakley, Cal. 
In North Carolina the species is well established in the east-central 
part, including portions of Wake, Wayne, Warsaw, and Duplin coun- 
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