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Fig. 5. Chilocorus similis: a, second larval stage; b, its cast skin; c, full 

 grown larva; d, pupa as its appears in the split larval skin; e, 

 adult just emerged; f, fully colored adult; all enlarged to same 

 scale. From Marlatt, U. S. Dept. Agl. 



I gave also a list of 15 localities to which beetles were sent so 

 as to get them to as many different places as possible in the hope 

 of finding some one point especially favorable to tlujir develop- 

 ment or to their survival. 



Nearly all the parties to whcm the beetles were sent have re- 

 ported to me personally or by letter, and in most of rhe localities 

 either Mr. Dickerson, assistant to the State Entomologist, or 

 myself, have made personal search fur the insects. In no case 

 is there any evidence that even a single example survived. In 

 two cases the reports were apparentlv favorable: but m both, on 

 investigation the insects found proved to be our native Cliiloconis 

 biz'ulncrus, the twice-stabbed lady-bird beetle, which, by the bye 

 was locally quite abundant. In the case of Mr. I'. \' . Maul, at 

 Greenwich, which I investigated personally, the conditions would 

 have been considered almost ideal for the sur\-ival of the beetles. 



There was a plum crchard with plenty of infestatirn, yet for 

 the most part in go« d conditi* n: rather closely planted, in close 

 proximity to plenty of shelter along fences and buildings. At 



