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J/ixuH muc/l/luH KcrioiJHiy injun-fl yoiin^' corn in :>. KnnwiH lor;aliiy by 

 f)iirif!l,iirifi/^ f/lic- Htalk and i-u.\Atn/, out, Uk; ficjut, \\k<: \,\\<'. onjinary r;r>rn 

 l)ill-l>ii^^H (Hphen/jphoruH), iIchciWx-A in ;inol,h<;r H<!r'iioii of Ifiin ropori. 

 /y. amr/ivuH (\'"\]i^. (M), «j likcwiHo injiintH corn. 'I'ti': two Hf)wi<jH an; 

 readily diHtin^uiHhrtd by Uir; diffcnTicf; in HijjM;rfi<;i;i,l (;olor, //. con/Mimf! 

 fiavif)^^ ji, hri^dit y<;llow f>)oo/n '.unl L. rawMuH a wliiiiHfi. Tfii.H bloom in 

 (\\\f \() ;i )>ovvdf;ry \>\\\)(ihcmuca;, caHJIy nibbed awjiy wfion the iriHect in 

 li!i,ndl' d. The fV;rrnf;r h\)0,(:\(:h fiaH a fleej; <Jr!|;reHHif)n in the tfiorax at 

 tfie b!i.:-:e of tfir; wirij.^-eoverH, that in mvrMuH bein^^ nnieh Ichh marker). 

 'I'h(! e^'^H fjl' conrMVUH fM^. 00, h) are dejK^HiUid Hinjrly in r;avitieH made by 

 sinking the Hnout i»d/0 hU-auh of dock, wilfJ Huriflowrtr, and rfiubarf;. 

 Ovij^oHil/ion in rfiubarb caiJHf;H a r;opif;iiH flow of HSi.\) wfiir;h jif^pjuently 

 [H-eventH tfie h;i,tcfiin^ of the c^}!, but th<; larva; of both h\)(;(;u-h havf; 

 lu;en rejinid from fj(jck, and con/nvuH from wild Hunflower alHO, 



//. con/nvuH ran^eH from (lnunAii U) North f 'arolina, anrj wf^^twarrJ U) 

 b)wa, KatiHaH, and boui.Hiafia. M uchhn,:; in knowti from K';i,ti:-:aH, IIJinoi.M, 

 ruid Ohio, 



(U)WUt,vvM HeerriH to be -infrl*; brf^oded. I'^^i-'H h;i.ve, bef;n fourid i/i 

 Miiy, Jiuie, ;uid .bily, ',\\u\ adults afjf^ear a,s (larly ;i,h Au^UHt 12. T. M. 

 Weed lonnd t,he l;i,rva: of mvrMuH in df»ck in the Inlter pjirt of .bily and 

 tlie fir:-;t jidultH Aijgu.-;t I. OcU^ber 2 JUi ;i,diilt ;i,nd tfirer; \)\\\>;(', were 

 found in roots of the .same f>lant. Hiljernation He(;rnH t/> be in the beetle 

 :-it,;i,j(e, ;Jtliou(.di obHervJitiofiH on tfiin [;f>int !i,re veTy few. 



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(lorirni'id'Mi. 'fyuMajrvi, ('t<:r\i\. 



Till; in a Hrnootfi, l^hick, :-;fiininj.', nejirly hemispherical little iriHOct 

 di^^. lot);, oft,<;n abundant during the f.aeat/;r f^art of the Hummer on a 

 gn!at variety o'i weedn aruJ cultivat/id f;h),rd,H, tfie juiceH of wliicfi it HUckH 

 \\\v()\iir}\ itH tuf^ular beak t/j the ocfianional HeriouH irijury of ;i, f;rr>p. We 

 hiivf; frerjuently founrj it on corn in lat/; June and in July, but ne.ver in 

 numbf;rH Hufhcient Ut do nfjtic<;ablr; fiarrn. It vv;i- report,ed 1/» me, how- 

 ever, by ,\lr. I''. S, I'^arle, in 1SS5, jih injuring 

 yf;un^^ f;orn nriar Cobden, in .southern Illinoi.s. 

 Thf; adult,:-; an; about a t.entfi of an incfi long 

 and not quit/; y,<t widf;, with very convex hwv- 

 l'ac(;H. The b!i,ck in f>ro1/<;cU;fJ by a largr;, con- 

 v(;x, hf>rny j>l;i,lx;, tfie Hcut,<;llum, br;Hide which 

 thf! small, narrow wing-covers an; plaf;r-f|^ e-ach 

 rnarketj lengthwise \)y a line of whi !/<;.. The 

 young are wttry similar, f;ut thf; wing-covers 

 are absent and trie Hcuu;llum is small, leaving St:v.r<,\,uv. C'mmjioma pun- 



,1 I , , » /• , i II rurin. \a;\\\l\Si ntiotit Ofi« 



the re(J-rn,'i,rked Kurtace of thf; ;i,bdornen (;x- u-aaSx i.i<;)i. 



