CLOVER LEAF BEETLE. 



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Dr. Riley records this insect as very destructive in New York 

 in 1881, and again in 1883. Mr. A. H. Kilman, of Ontario, re- 

 ports this same weevil at Ridgeway, in that province. He says 

 they were wafted across the lake by a strong August wind. He 

 says that Eastern New York was desolated by the insect in 1883, 

 but that the insect in that year proceeded no further west than 

 Rochester. August 10, 1884, they were so abundant in Buffalo 

 that they could be gathered by the quart, and thousands were 

 crushed by persons walking on the pavement. 



As entomologists know, these weevils are armoi- proof against 

 water, we can easily see how this destructive insect can be easily 

 and quickly distributed along the shores of the northern lakes, 

 and thus soon become a widely known and greatly dreaded pest. 



FlO. 140. 



Fig. 140 gives a good idea of the insect and its work ; «, egg ; 

 hbhh, larvae;' c, recently hatched larva; d, head of larva; e. 



