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infi;-(';i);('S llicsc Ix't'llcs will Iced IVccly not only on coi'ii l»iit on timothy 



jiml otluM" unisscvs. 



Injui'y to coi'n l>y this sj^'cics has hccn icpoiicMJ to us IVoin Md^i'- 



\vo(m1, 111., and the hccth" has liccn occasionally found on coi'u or in corn 



ti(>lds in the c(Miti-al and soutli- 

 (M'li parts of the state, in ( )hio 

 a peculiar outbreak of injury, 

 extendiiii;- o\-er an area of 

 aluiut three S(|uare miles, was 

 ol)ser\(>d hy Mr. Webster m 

 .lune, 1SS7. The beetles be- 

 i;'in their woi'k eai'ly in May, as 

 soon as the corn plants appear 

 abo\(> oi-()uiid, and feed during 

 the early morniiiii;, towards 

 excMiiui;', and on cloudy days. 

 They livc timid and drop to 

 \\\o ground when disturbed, ari> 

 stMisitix'e to sunshine, and con- 

 ceal tluMnsehes during the 



Ku). S-l. Tlio Soutliern Corn T,oaf-l>eotlo, M !i» middle o\' the day, but ma\- 

 rhroits di-nlicotUis. hengtli about three siixfeeiUhs , , • 4I • i 



i,„.i,. come out and liegm then dep- 



ri>dations if the sun is hidtlen 

 by a |>assing cloud. Tlu^ injury sihmus almost strictly liuiitt-d to lands 

 in grass [\\c imuHHling yi>ar. and is worse on tlu> higher jiarts of the field. 



The innnaturt^ stages of the insect are unknown, and. of cmn"se, the 

 life histttry also, but the luH'tles ha\(> btHMi taken at \arious datt^s from 

 May to late October, and also in hiluM'nation ntH-embiM- S. 



The species is fmnul from the District of Columbia. Ohi(\ soutluM-i\ 

 Iowa. Kansas. N\nv Mexico, and .Vi'izona, to all the states bordering upon 

 the (iulf. 



'I'llM (\>l..\sriS KOOT- 

 WOUM. 



(\)Uispis hniiim'(t Vixhr. 



The small grub-like larvn 

 (Fig. Sr>, S()) t>f this ciHumon 

 and well-known InnMle has 

 lately shown itself capable of 

 a (ieciiletl injury io young corn 

 by destn\ving (he roots, ami 

 a full account t)f tiie s{>ecies 

 with special referoneo to this 



Fli;. S5. Tlie t\>l!»spis Root-worm, Colnspis brun- 

 nrti. Length about one eighth inoli. 



