OF THE STATE ENTO.ACOLOGIST. 13 



At first they were supposed to be a swarm of bees, but some of 

 them falling to the ground, the real character was speedily determined. 

 The introductory legion was followed by another, and a third, and 

 a fourth, and so on lor an hour and a half, much to the astonishment 

 of all beholders. They were estimated at tens of thousands, and the 

 scene suggested to Bible-readers, locusts and the anfient days. Why 

 these evidently demoralized IJoryplioras chose to reverse the pre- 

 vious order of their advance, to take the back-track in fact, was be- 

 yond the ability of the most erudite Painesvillian to declare. Perhaps 

 they disliked the atmosphere as they approached Washington — a city 

 which even in the decenter days of De Tocqueville was so foul that, 

 according to that writer, the very crows held their noses as they Hew 

 over it. But — as our Atlantic friends will regret to learn — all the 

 devastators did not " go West." Enough and to spare are left for 

 seed, and even now — judging from the numerous letters recently at 

 band — the farmers of the Buckeye State, and even of Pennsylvania, 

 are vexed and perplexed by the 10-lined enemy of the farinaceous 

 tuber. Let New Jersey and Down-East seek solace while they can 

 in the prolific Solamirn^ for the day comes when they too will have 

 sore need of patience and Paris green. 



Mr. Townend Glover* reports it in "Garland" (Craighead?) Co., 

 Arkansas; in Marion, Brooke and Tyler counties, W. Virginia, and in 

 Anderson and Livingston counties, Kentucky; but as hie correspond- 

 ■ents and informants failed to send him specimens, the reports can not 

 be relied on. 



PARIS GREEN. 



Lnproved methods of applying this substance have been devised 

 during the year, and it is now very generally used in liquid suspen- 

 sion, in proportion of one tablespoonful of pure green to a bucketful 

 of water, and sprinkled over the vines with a sprinkler or an old 

 broom. A Mr. Cross of Ripon, Wis., has patented an instrument for 

 blowing the spray on any desired part of a plant, intended to obviate 

 the waste of material which follows ordinary sprinkling; but I have 

 not seen the instrument. The liquid has the advantage over the pow- 

 der in that there is less danger from injury in its use, and that it can 

 be effectually used at any time of day ; while the powder can be em- 

 I)loyed to advantage only while the dew is on the plants. It has, how- 

 ever, some disadvantages : 1st, the green is not soluble, for though it 

 -quickly gives a green tint to the water, when stirred, it soon settles to 

 the bottom, unless kept in suspense by continued stirring or agitation ; 

 2d, it settles in spots on the leaves, the natural tendency of the water 

 in finding its level, being to carr}^ and concentrate it wherever a drop 

 finds rest and evaporates ; 3d, too much is wasted on the ground in 

 the sprinkling. I have, therefore, found it much more convenient, on 

 a small scale, to use the powder, where it can be obtained ready- 



* Monthly Uep. Dep. Agr. Nov.— Dec, lS7:i 



