Our earliest collection was made March 18, 1882, at Kappa, in 

 Woodford county, where living- beetles were found amongf dead leaves 

 in woodlands, evidently still in hibernation. Next, April 7, 1897, 

 it was collected at Urbana on blue-grass sod under boards lying 

 where they had been placed as an attraction to cutworms seeking 

 shelter by night. On this same date in 1882 it was obtained in a 

 woodland lot south of Bloomington. April 14, 1897, it was collected 

 under boards on grass at Normal, and April 16, 1887, at Edgcwood, 

 in lOflingham county, in a badly damaged old timothy meadow. It 

 was here hidden on the ground under dead vegetation, and was 

 apparently still in its hibernation quarters. Occasional bulbs of 

 this timothy had been hollowed out the year before in the manner 

 characteristic of the work of Sp/iriiop/ioni:> larv;r, but this injury 

 was comparatively insignificant. 



On April 17, 1894, it occurred at Urbana in a tuft of volun- 

 teer wheat, apparently having left its winter quarters at this time 

 and resorted to the growing wheat for food. April 19, 1887, a 

 single specimen was found under a fL*i?ce rail lying on the grass, 

 the head of it covered with mites ( (,\iiii(is/(i(C ^ of the kind which 

 frequently infest old beetles. This specimen was certainly not 

 fresh, but must have hibernated as an adult. On the 24th and 

 25th of April, 1884, it was obtained in the course of miscellaneous 

 entomological collections at Normal and Bloomington, in McLean 

 county; and again on the 30th of the same month and year, in 

 sweeping blue-grass at Normal with the insect net. In this last 

 case, again, it had apparently beg^un to feed. May 4, 1892, it was 

 brought in at Urbana from under boards, and May 6, 1887, was 

 found at the same place on grass. 



Our earliest date for an injury to corn is May 15, 1891, report- 

 ed by S. P. Campbell, of Loami, Sangamon county. 111. " These 

 beetles," says Mr. Campbell, "insert the proboscis and each leg 

 into the stalk and absorb all the sap, leaving small holes in the 

 plant, weakening- it very much. " This injury seemed to be g-ener- 

 al in Mr. CampbelTs neighborhood, as he says that " considerable 

 interest is taken in the matter, " and that "an answer to my in- 

 quiries will gratify many. " 



Ma}' 19, 1887, it was fouad at Champaign doing a very con- 

 siderable injury to corn on sod. A single specimen was taken just 

 below the surface of the soil with the beak inserted in the stalk. 

 At Jersey ville on the 20th of May, 1891, another specimen was 

 taken from about an inch below the surface on a stalk of corn three 

 or four inches high, which it had injured sufficiently to cause the 

 leaves to wilt. At Champaig-n May 21 and 22, 1888, it was ob- 



