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chusetts, and Mr. M. L. Linell informs me that he has taken a 

 specimen near Brooklyn, L. I. 



" It will be noticed that although the species was known to 

 have been introduced at least ten years ago, that it is still limited 

 to districts near the seashore. Like other allied wingless species 

 that have been introduced from Europe it will probably not 

 extend its range much farther south, but will move gradually 

 westward from the points where it has now established itself. 

 It is a common European species and is known to feed on a 

 great variety of deciduous trees and shrubs, and though it is 

 impossible to forecast the future it is not probable that it will 

 ever be particularly injurious to cultivated plants in this 

 country. — F. H. C." 



As the foregoing account was written some ten years ago, 

 data concerning this season's collection in Maine may be of 

 interest. 



On June 20, 1905, a correspondent wrote a vigorous protest 

 against beetles in her house and stated " there are two kinds of 

 bugs, but more of the black than the gray ones." Both kinds- 

 were reported to have been very numerous for two years in June 

 and again in the fall. Specimens accompanied the letter and the 

 black ones proved to be the strawberry crown girdler, while the 

 gray ones were the species recently identified by Mr. Schwarz. 

 as Sciaphilus asperatus Bonsd. {muricatus Fab.) 



At North Wayne on June 27 seven of this species were col- 

 lected at dusk climbing the foundation of the house and a few 

 more were taken inside the dwelling. 



Between 20 and 30 of these beetles were collected by the North 

 Wayne correspondent September 11, and sent to the Station with 

 the information : " I found all I send on my dahlia blossoms. 

 There are none in the house now but I find them out of doors 

 on 'most everything though not very thick." 



It would seem that this imported snout beetle has not yet lost 

 its hold. No other specimens of Sciaphilus asperatus are 

 recorded at the Station this season, except a single specimen 

 collected at Orono, August 8, 1905. 



Rose chafer. On June 28, the vicinity of North Wayne and 

 Kent's Hill was observed to be invaded by the rose chafer, 

 Macrodactylus subspinosus. Willows and alders had been eaten 

 to the greatest extent, though wild blackberry bushes were. 



