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same effect upon the beetle. At present, this beetle is 

 not a serious pest. 



THE SPOTTED PELINDOTA ( P. punctata). 



This is an oblong, oval-shaped beetle, about an inch in 

 length, appearing during the months of July and August, 

 in some sections in great abundance. The wings are of 

 a dull brownish color, with three black dots on each ; 

 the body and the legs are of a deep bronze-green. Owing 

 to the size of this beetle, and the fact that it subsists only 

 upon the foliage of the vine, its increase would prove 

 very injurious. At present, they are easily kept under by 

 hand-picking, and destroying them with the foot. 



ANOMALA VARIANT. 



This is a broad, oval-shaped beetle, described by Dr. 

 Harris as very variable in color; the males being sometimes 

 entirely black, and sometimes the head and thorax green- 

 ish-black, margined with tile-red; the wing-covers being 

 clay yellow, irregularly furrowed, and punctured in the fur- 

 row ; the legs are pale red, brown, or black. It measures 

 about seven-twentieths of an inch in length ; the females 



