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  September 
  — 
  about 
  a 
  month 
  later 
  than 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  other 
  species. 
  

   Kentucky 
  outbreak 
  referred 
  to 
  above 
  occurred 
  late 
  in 
  July. 
  

  

  The 
  

  

  Fig. 
  67. 
  Nuttall's 
  Blister- 
  

   beetle, 
  Cant 
  harts 
  nuttalli. 
  

   (Chittenden, 
  U. 
  S. 
  Dept. 
  of 
  

  

  Agriculture.) 
  

  

  Nuttall's 
  Bllster-beetle. 
  

  

  Cantharis 
  nuttalli 
  Say. 
  

  

  This 
  beautiful 
  western 
  species, 
  shining 
  

   green 
  and 
  red 
  or 
  purple, 
  is 
  distributed 
  from 
  the 
  

   Mississippi 
  to 
  the 
  Rocky 
  Mountains, 
  being 
  es- 
  

   pecially 
  abundant 
  northwestward 
  into 
  British 
  

   America. 
  The 
  larvae 
  probably 
  feed 
  on 
  the 
  eggs 
  

   of 
  the 
  Rocky 
  Mountain 
  grasshopper, 
  as 
  the 
  

   beetles 
  seem 
  to 
  increase 
  in 
  numbers 
  after 
  "grass- 
  

   hopper 
  years. 
  " 
  When 
  abundant 
  they 
  ravenously 
  

   devour 
  the 
  tender 
  parts 
  of 
  garden 
  vegetables, 
  

   including 
  beets, 
  beans 
  being 
  perhaps 
  injured 
  

   worst. 
  The 
  adults 
  appear 
  about 
  July 
  ist 
  and 
  

   in 
  some 
  localities 
  continue 
  in 
  destructive 
  num- 
  

   bers 
  into 
  the 
  fall. 
  For 
  this 
  species 
  destruction 
  

   by 
  mechanical 
  means 
  is 
  evidently 
  to 
  be 
  pre- 
  

   ferred 
  to 
  insecticide 
  measures. 
  

  

  SNOUT-BEETLES. 
  

  

  Rhyfi 
  ch 
  opli 
  or 
  a. 
  

  

  The 
  beetles 
  of 
  this 
  family 
  are 
  distinguished 
  by 
  the 
  character 
  of 
  the 
  

   head, 
  which 
  is 
  drawn 
  out 
  in 
  front 
  into 
  a 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  evident 
  beak 
  or 
  

   snout, 
  sometimes 
  short 
  and 
  broad, 
  sometimes 
  very 
  long 
  and 
  slender, 
  but 
  

   always 
  attached 
  to 
  the 
  head 
  without 
  a 
  joint, 
  and 
  bearing 
  the 
  mouth 
  and 
  the 
  

   jaws 
  at 
  its 
  tip. 
  The 
  larvse 
  of 
  this 
  family 
  are 
  white, 
  thick 
  grubs, 
  without 
  legs 
  

   and 
  usually 
  with 
  brown 
  heads, 
  which 
  live 
  in 
  the 
  roots, 
  stems, 
  and 
  fruits 
  

   of 
  plants, 
  within 
  which 
  the 
  eggs 
  are 
  deposited. 
  by 
  the 
  female 
  beetle. 
  

  

  The 
  adults 
  often 
  injure 
  plants 
  by 
  feeding 
  on 
  the 
  leaves, 
  stems, 
  

   flowers, 
  and 
  fruit. 
  Those 
  with 
  short 
  snouts 
  simply 
  devour 
  the 
  leaves 
  or 
  

   stems 
  from 
  without, 
  and 
  those 
  with 
  longer 
  snouts 
  puncture 
  the 
  stem 
  or 
  

   some 
  other 
  thick 
  and 
  succulent 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  plant 
  and 
  devour 
  the 
  soft 
  sub- 
  

   stance 
  within. 
  In 
  this 
  manner 
  beets 
  are 
  injured, 
  the 
  leaves 
  being 
  eaten 
  

   by 
  some 
  species, 
  and 
  the 
  leaf 
  stems 
  punctured 
  and 
  gouged 
  by 
  others. 
  So 
  

   far 
  as 
  known 
  to 
  us, 
  the 
  larvse 
  of 
  the 
  snout-beetles 
  do 
  not 
  appear 
  in 
  the 
  

   beet 
  root, 
  although 
  Lintner 
  makes 
  a 
  statement 
  to 
  that 
  effect. 
  

  

  In 
  eastern 
  Europe 
  serious 
  injury 
  is 
  often 
  done 
  to 
  beets 
  by 
  beetles 
  

   of 
  this 
  family, 
  but 
  in 
  America 
  they 
  have 
  rarely 
  been 
  abundant 
  enough 
  

   in 
  the 
  beet 
  field 
  to 
  do 
  any 
  considerable 
  harm. 
  The 
  beetles 
  are 
  sluggish 
  

   and 
  most 
  of 
  them 
  feign 
  death 
  when 
  disturbed, 
  falling 
  to 
  the 
  ground 
  and 
  

  

  