ior> 



IcMVCs of ,i;r:i|)('-viiH's, ami on lli(> l(>a\('s of Mic st rawhiMTv, the apple, 

 and a \ari(>ty of other plants, eatuii; irreij;ular rounchnl or elon<;ate small 

 holes, often eansini;' appfeeiahle daniai^'e to these plants. 



The species range's from Nebraska to \\\v Allanlie Stat(>s and Canada. 

 It is (>\id(Mitly sin<;'l(>d)i-ooded, hnt its sta,i;e of liihei'iiat ion has not Ixhmi 



posit i\-ely aseer- 

 taiiied. Vhc ejif^s 

 are laid in sunniior 

 anil fall, and tlu> 

 la r\ ;e ha ve heeii 

 fonnd half u:ro\vn in 

 sontheiMi Illinois hy 

 llu> middle oi May. 

 It lie-ins to pupate 

 in .lnni\ and lives 

 as a l>ei>tle durini^ 

 the snmmernionths. 

 1 hues of captuiH' o\' 

 specimens in onr 

 collections ran<i;e 

 i ffom ,Uu\v '2'2 to 

 September lo. the 

 greater nnniluM- fall- 

 inij; in .Inly and 

 A nuns I. It has 

 nt'\ cr appeariHl with 

 lis amoiii;- hiluM'nat- 

 iiii;- insects, even in 



Fn;. ST. Tlio I'ol.'i.'iiiis Koot wonn ('oU>)>i>is bnuiiitM. ;ulult. •, .• i •. 



i,ei.KthaLu.ui ..„.-i.t.h iiu-1,. Situations where it 



had been alnindant 

 up to tlie clost> o( the season, and it pn)l>ahly hihernates as a larva 

 partly jirown. riu> pupa' are about an eighth (>f an inch in leiiiith, ^vhito 

 except tlu' (>yes and tlu> niatulihles, the former o( which are red and the 

 latter hhu'k at maturity. The abdomen terminates in a pair of incurved 

 hooks, in front of which, on each side, is a large spine directed backward 



(iMg. s(». n. 



Til 10 i'id:A-iu:i-:rid:s. 



Ifallin'ni. 



Se^•el•al kinds oi minute hoppiiii;- beetles iv(\\ on corn leaves, and 

 vsonu' ari> oiH'asionally abundant enoiii;h t(^ riddle the U\i\es st» seven^ly 

 as to kill them, aiul even to destroy the entire plant when it is quite 

 ^niall. TheN' are from a twentieth to an eiuhth of an inch loiiir, with 



