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t_lH> lu.Hl thighs .,vn(Iy (hirk.Munl. givi„g (hrn, (hr powrr to Ira,. su,I- 



^rnly l,k. a 11..,. who,, .hsturlH.L ( )„. of thr ,nost inj.n-i.n.s spccios 



the palc-stnpod llra-brotlr. Si/stau, hhuu/a. is about an .M^hth of an inrh' 



on^-, rather slon.lor, pair l>nnvn, with two rr.an.v stripes ,|owu the 



I>aek. the alnlonuM, hh.ek beneath. Th,> others hcv treated are smaller 



and more robust, with a uniform n.etallie o,v,m, or b.-on/,.> lusl,«r T\w 



corn flea-beetle, one of the sn.allest. of these, is not over a twentieth of 



■'_" uu-lHonj,. The beed.s injure corn by gnawing awav th,> surfare of 



ti.e leat On aenmnt of (h.-ir small siz. they fre,,uentlv do not cat 



ontu-ely through the leaf, but m,Mvly ,.up or rhannel it out beneath If 



they are not too numrn.us the plant is hnrdiv injured; but when the 



spots beeon.e U.o dense fhe eorn leaf wilts, tur.is bn.wn. an.l linallv dri,>s 



lip. a.ul the plant is either killed or is seriously eh.rk.nl in its .-rowth 



ri.e larva> are shMi.ler. worn,-like gn.bs. while and soft-bodied but 

 wi h snun.th heads and a h-ath.Mw slndd upon the n,vk The 

 pale-stnp.d fl..,-beetle has be.M, rea.vd bv ,„. fron, ,-oots of eorn 

 l>ut tins ,s probably not its principal food plant. Those beetles pass tlu> 

 winter, as a rule, in thr adult stagv, and an- fo.uul f.n.ling in earlv sun,- 

 mer produeu.g larva> in .hmr or July, fn.n, whirl, adult's appear a-ain 

 '" ;'n' latter part of the season. Th.> palest.-iprd beetle. howev(«r 

 im>l>ably wu,ters in the larval stage. Tho spcM-ies he.v l.vated are all 

 a[){)arently sii,gle-broo(kHl. 



TlIK I'VLK-STUMl-Kl) Kl.KA-UKKI'l.K. 

 Sl/sloKt hidiiiht .M(>ls. 

 This light colored, slightly elongate sti-iprd fl.>a-b,vtle (Ki-- SS) b,. 

 comes at times exeessivc>ly abundant over considerable areas m.d n.av 

 notwithstandn.g its sn,all size, eompletely destroy an otIu>rwis(> pnunisino' 

 crop Corn, beans, peas., sugar-beets, and other <.n,p plants hav,> Inn^n 

 thus destroyed by ,t. It gnaws sn.all round pits in ,h. l,,r s„,,-,,e 

 an.l may n.»t .-at caitirely thn,ugl, tl,.> 

 blade, but holes are nevertiieless likel.y to 

 be made by the .leath of the leaf tissu(> 



at tlu> injmv.l spot. .\lai,y injm-i(\s of 



this kind soon .-a use lh.> leaf t.) blacken 



and shrivel away. I'^i,>l,ls „f g,-.,wing .'..rn 



wer.' thus .lamagc.l in lllii„,is in th(> '7()'s. 



and several rep.)rts of sin,ilar in.jiu-y t., 



eorn liave c.,m.> fi-,,n. In, liana an.l 



Pennsylvania. In .)iie i'ennsylvania (i.-l.l 



the plants w.t.' eabai awav to tl,.- bare 



stalks. 



rpi 1.1 . , , '■','■■ •'^>'^- 1'''^" I'iilc-stiipod Flea 



Jlu>si' hectics arc said to ha\'c killed ''w<'«-\'/»<.'/„ w„„f/„. Lckii. .•ihom 



