INSECTS INJURIOUS TO CLOVER. 



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to attack the clover, and nearly or quite as many draw their sns- 

 tenaneo fntni our {grasses. It is not probalde that all this in- 

 crease is due to more close stuilyaiid observation. Insects are 

 (!onstantly leaving our wilil plants, either from choice or ncces- 

 sity, and adopting <tur cultivated plants as a more acceptable 

 diet. Wo are constantly introdui'ing species from th-' old world, 

 some of which are of recent importation, and nniy well fauso 

 solicitude because of the serious danuige they do. Hoth of these 

 causes, change of food, habits and importation will continue to 

 increase these pests, so that constant study atul experiment will 

 bo necessary to ward olT the threatening danger. 



Insects Injurious to t'lover. — In the rei)ort of the New York 

 Agricultural Society for 1S81-8--.'. p. lixt. j'n.f. J. A. Lintner 

 gives a list of insects which infest clovi'i- in l'',uro])e. There are 

 71 species. Nearly every genus represented by these foreign 

 species is included in our insect fauna. The list is of much in- 

 terest to us. the more so as the noxious insects of Europe are 

 constantlv being introduced into America. Tiie following is the 



list: 



Sitont-s flavescens Mor.sli(tin. 



Sitonus liiu-atus Liun. 



Phytonoimis nigrorostris Fabr. 



P. nu'les var. trifolii Ilcrbiif. 



Tychius polylineatus Germ. 



Tychius pisirostris Fabr. 



Ceutorhyuchus liiioatiis Payk. 



Apion senicuhun Kirby. 



Apion virens Herbst. Lycwiui I )olus IliUw . 



Ly Ciena Adonis Iliibii. 



Ly cjena Argus Hnbn . 



^lelitjea Athalia Fsp. 



Meliti«a Cinxia 



Colias Hyale Linn. 



Leueophasis sinapis Linn. 



Apion t laoi'iv 



Coec'int'lla iiupunctu 



HyU'sinus trit'olii MUll. 



Ijil)i(lo.stoniis longiniana Linn. 



Lyeu'na Ainyntas Scliiffm. 



Lj-ca'na Alexis Treits. 



Lycjvna ^-Egon Soli iff in. 



Lycama Cyllarus Fabr. 



Apion flavi j)e8 Fabr. 



Apiun fagi Liun. 



Apion assimile Kirby. 



Apion trifoiii Linn. 



Apiou gracilipes Dietrich . 



Apion varipes Germ. 



Apion apricans Germ. | Zygauia Minos . 



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