OS 



S(^all('l"('(l (111 I.Ih' riiiili, :iii<l looUiii;; like line while siiiid Tlicsc ('i!;^s 

 l>('i;'!lli In lijilch .•iliiiiil Icn il;i\s nllcr llic\ were l;iiil. WC li;i\c Idiiiiil 

 (he l;ii\;r (Hicc ;il llii' I x i.'iiiiiiii!', <>l < li't ( il icr, niid :iii ;il iiiin l;i lire ol (liciii 

 (liiiiiii; lilt- last week ol thai iiioiil h ; and also (>;ii-|y in ApriL I'hc s|i('ci(>s 

 lire Ihiis ii|i|»ar('iitlv simple ln'oodcd, and siniilai" in seasonal history. 



I'lir, (WKiioT lun'rrid'i. 



LliljirKs ijihhosus I )('(!. 



This heel le ( I'iii;. 7!l) lias t lie <;('nefal appeaiance of one ot' I he com i noli 

 IMa\' lieetles or June liiij'S ( /.(n7///(i,s7(/'//(/ ) e\ce|>l that il is of nnieli sniall(M' 

 si /e, and is darker and I hickei', w it h a inoic roluisl hody. It iii<>asiires from 



a hah lo live ("iidil lis of an ineh in 

 len;-,! Ii, and inor(> t haii half as much in 

 width. It has a niimilc pitlikc Ai' 

 |)r(\ssion at the middle of (he fl'oiil 

 (>d!.^-e of the thorax Its color varies 

 fi'om reddish hrown lo nearl\ Mack 

 al>o\t', and is i-eddish Inown helow. 



It is common t hroU!',h»'iit Illinois, 

 ImiI has onl\ once iieen reported as 

 injurious to coin m this state, its in- 

 juries to llial plant indeed heiiiii; 

 otherwise I'tn'oided onl\ from Miime- 

 .-.ola, 1 .oihsian.a , and \rkansas. It was 

 found in Christian county, Illinois, 



,\la\ !», tS'.tf) i>;itmy' the kernel and 



I'lu, 711. riio Ciiirtit luH'tlti, l.iiilti'i'» il'f' il 111 1 ... 1 



bom,H. Tw.. nt..l a l.nir timos ..Hluml si»o, '1"' \ ouii!' shool ol com lindei uioillld. 



An exammalion of injurtul kermds 



showcil thai ihe !'erm h;id lu'cii (-alen oul,with lilt le dist urliauce o\' 



lli<> rest o^i lh(> grain. In Mimu^sola it ate the roots and ;::nawed tlu> 



stalks o{ swet>l corn in Aui'ii^l, c;iusii;!:, the plani to wilt and pre\ entiiii;: 



the maturiii!', t»f the e;irs. Il works mainl\ under <',round. commoiil> 



ahoiil three or four inches lielow the surface, hut soiiu-linu>s |-(>acliini:; a 



depth of s(-\en inches. It has heeii reported, howmer, in Louisiana to 



injure the ( orn stalk just al>o\t- th(> ti,ri>und, ;ind also to cut olT tin- pl.ant 



just aliovc the roots. It h;is nowhere Keen found <:,enerall\ dest iucti\ f 



to this crop. Its fa\orite culti\;iled Uhh\ lieiu;:; carrots, parsnips, ct>lery, 



h(>el.s, sw(>et potatoes, and sumlar thick roolt^l plants. Vo tlu> carrot 



crop (>sp(M'i;ill\ it is ofttai e\treni(>ly dtstructi\e. Cotton, sunllower, 



dahriM, an. I pi!',we(-d {A nutninhis^ are lo l><> included amoiii; its lood. 



plants. 



Its raiiiit* t>\teiuls throughout tlu> greater part o( the ci>untry from 



New ^'ork, Wisconsin, and l>rei:;on, to l.i>uisiana, Texas, and .\ri/.ona. 



