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and ontiiiii' iho silk. In ISS7 they had alinosi i-iiiiicd a patch (tf (\ai'ly 

 corn. 



ThoN' arc siniihir to ,luii('-l)U,i;'s in form, hut arc much smaller about 

 a third of an inch loui!;. The thorax is Mack, with a Ncllowish border; 

 tlio win,<;-co\(M"s y(>ilowish, with two cross-i'ows of ill-dclincd dark s|)ots, 

 sometimes almost wautini;-. 'rh(>s(> IxH'tU^s ha\'e Ixhmi found st rip|)iii<i; 

 th(> l(>aA'es from plum- and ]>ear-ti'ees in Ohio, and fi'om clu>rry-trees in 

 southern Illinois. They ai'e said to l>e not infre(|uently injurious to 

 w'lu^at and other grains. In Kansas they once caused serious injui'v 

 to wheat, feediuii; on the hivuls when the ^rain was "in th(> dou<;h," 

 destrovin,.^ thus a thousand bushels on one farm. They ari' re|)orted 

 as desti-ucti\'e to i;'ra|)e-\ines also. 



The inunature Staines are unknown. In Illinois the beetles hav(^ Ixhmi 

 lak(Mi from the middh^ of .\pi-il to the last of June. Thov feed in the 

 (>venina; and hid(> imder boai'ds and the like by day. 



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 Mr. C 11. T. Townsend lias rejiortcvl* that in the latter- part of .lul>', 

 1891, the corn ear-worm was present in nearly e\(M'y vav of corn in a 

 patch on the farm of the New ]\h^xieo Aiiricultural Colleg(\ and that 

 it was almost in\ariably aeeoni})anied l)y large numbers of coleop- 

 terous hirva\ doubtfully d(>termined as belongino; to the Elatcn'dcv (wire- 

 worms). Tlu\se S(>emed to work inde|)end(Mitly of tlu> (>ar-worms, and 

 boreil all through the ripiMiing kcMMiels, causing much d(>structiou. 



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A considerable uuuiIxm' of tlu^se l)eetles :\vv known to injure coi'n. 

 and several of tiuMU have already hcou treat(Ml herein as corn ins(>cts 

 of more or less importance. 



The Si'or'rin) W'lM.ow-ninyri.r;. 



McldsoNKi lapponicd I, inn. 



The foliage of our willows is often dexoured by two specic^s of ])iant- 

 beetles about the size of ladybugs. The lar\;e and jmpa' of thes(> two 

 are scarcely tlistinguishable, and b(>ar a geni^ral resemblance to thos(> 

 of ladybugs. One of these beetles (Mclasoina scripia) is usually >(>llow- 

 ish, streaked with black. The other one (Fig. 183), dark red, Avith black 

 spots, closely resembles the connnon ladybug, and has been identified 

 witli the I\Iclasoma lapponica of l'an'op(\ Mxamph^s of this were sent 

 us by Mr. Fred S. Allen, of l)ela\an, Illinois, in .lun(\ with the state- 



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♦Insect Life, Vol. IV., p. 'M. 



