128 MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 



"Mr. M. B. Coombs of Utica, X. Y., writes, 'Aly sister has 

 for several years kept a bed of small tulips for drawing the 

 beetles. They congregate almost entirely on the creamy or yel- 

 low shades. For about two weeks with a pair of tweezers she 

 picked out from them from two to three dozen on unfavorable 

 days, and nundreds on quiet sunny da3-s.' '"'" 



I\Iay Beetle. (Lachiiostenia fusca.) 



3,Ir. Kirk of Bar Harbor sent grubs of the above species and 

 wrote as follows : '"They have worked under the surface of 

 the turf about two inches and eat ever}-thing before them. They 

 have killed outright about 15,000 square feet of my tennis court. 

 ]\Iost of the damage was done in July and August. I have had 

 the infested ground dug up and the insects picked out. I have 

 picked up more than a bushel.'" We wrote ]\Ir. Kirk, calling his 

 attention to the remedies usually applied for white grubs. 



Cucumber Beetle. (Diabrotica vittata.) 



This beetle that usually confines itself to cucurbitaceous plants 

 was reported the past season as feeding on the buds of cultivated 

 asters. 



Potato Stalk Borer. (Gortynia nitela.) 

 Continues to do some damage to potato plants. 



IjLackberry Cane Borer. (Oherea himaculata.) 



Reported from western Elaine. Also abundant at Orono on 



blackberries and raspberries. 



Strawberry '\Vee\'il. {Anthronomiis signatus.) 



Does some damage to strawberries. ]\Iore common on wild 

 than on cultivated plants. 



Pear Tree Slug. ( Eriocampa cerasi.) 



Reported as injuring the foliage of chern.- trees. 



