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and China asters at Charleston Four Corners, Montgomery co., 
the beetles appearing to prefer the half grown aster blossoms. 
Fic. 20 Striped blister Fic. 21 Black blister beetle, enlarged (original) 
beetle, enlarged (original) 
The margined blister beetle, Epicauta cinerea Forst., is. 
another common and occasionally a very annoying species. 
Owing to the fact that several species of these beetles are 
known to be beneficial in the grub stage, preventive rather than 
Fig. 22 Margined blister beetle, enlarged (original) 
destructive measures have uniformly been urged for their 
suppression. 
Pale striped flea beetle, Systena taeniata. This little 
pest was very common and quite injurious in an eight acre bean 
field at South Byron, Genesee co. The field had been sown the 
previous fall to wheat, which was destroyed in early spring by 
Hessian fly, and then it was again plowed and planted with 
beans. The weeds growing in the grain undoubtedly supplied 
the flea beetles with shelter and provender, and, when they were 
