NOTES ON INSECTS. ^,5 



The bueealo carpel- beetle has been reported the past 

 season from seven localities, representing every section of the 

 State. For a consideration of this insect see Experiment Station 

 Report, 1894, p. 115. 



The striped sap beetle. (Ips fasciatus). The last of 

 June the following letter accompanied by specimens was received 

 from Mrs. J. K. Garland, Eden, Maine : "I send you an insect 

 that is killing my locust trees. It works on the trunk of the tree 

 boring under the bark. In ten days it has apparently killed one 

 tree and is attacking others. Is there anything that will destroy 

 them? Will they be likely to attack maples and elms?" 



The specimens received were the above species, an insect that 

 has never been accused of more serious depredations than suck- 

 ing the exuding sap from wounds on trees produced by mechan- 

 ical injury, or insect depredations. Although we did not see the 

 trees we feel sure they were suffering from attacks of borers 

 and the sap beetles were there to feed upon the sap exuding from 

 the borings. 



The may beetle continues to do damage in grass lands. The 

 large white grubs of this species are the larvae of the well known 

 June bug. They feed upon the roots of grass and other plants, 

 often doing great damage. 



The cherry leaf beetle. (Adimouia cavicoUis) . This 

 beetle was reported as doing much damage to the foliage of 

 cherry trees. The species is common about Orono. It is red- 

 dish brown in color and about three-sixteenths of an inch long. 



Bean weevils were reported as feeding upon stored beans. 

 This pest seems to be widely distributed in Maine. 



Larrid bees. Last September we received a box of specimens 

 from Mr. F. A. Campbell of Cherryfield and the next day speci- 

 mens of the same insect from Mr. B. F. Grace of West Harring- 

 ton. Mr. Campbell says his specimens "were dug from a 

 gravelly, loamy hillock in a pasture. They have been known in 

 the locality for three years. Over an area of 100 feet by 30 

 feet the ground is completely perforated with small holes the 

 size of a pea and with a little earth around the entrance. In the 

 middle of the day when it is sunny it is said they swarm over the 

 hillock in great numbers making a noise with their wings that 

 can be heard several hundred feet in the woods which surround 

 the hillock. They are supposed to be Italian bees by some, but 



