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  OF 
  THE 
  STATE 
  ENTOMOLOGIST 
  235 
  

  

  Lebia 
  grandis 
  (Hentz). 
  

   (Ord. 
  Coleoptera: 
  Fam. 
  Carabid/e.) 
  

  

  Hentz: 
  in 
  Trans. 
  Amer. 
  Philosoph. 
  Soc, 
  N. 
  S., 
  Ill, 
  1830, 
  p. 
  253 
  

  

  (description). 
  

   Walsh: 
  in 
  Pract. 
  EntomoL, 
  ii, 
  1867, 
  p. 
  121 
  (habits 
  and 
  description). 
  

   Glover: 
  in 
  Rept. 
  Comm. 
  Agricul. 
  for 
  1867, 
  1868, 
  p. 
  63 
  (in 
  111.); 
  in 
  

  

  id. 
  for 
  1868, 
  1869, 
  p. 
  80, 
  fig. 
  6 
  (features 
  and 
  feeding 
  habits). 
  

   Riley: 
  in 
  Amer. 
  Entomol.-Bot., 
  ii, 
  1870, 
  p. 
  290-291, 
  fig. 
  181 
  

  

  (destroys 
  Potato 
  beetle 
  in 
  Missouri) 
  ; 
  the 
  same 
  in 
  3rd. 
  Rept. 
  

  

  Ins. 
  Mo., 
  1871, 
  p. 
  100, 
  fig, 
  41 
  ; 
  in 
  Insect 
  Life, 
  iv. 
  1891, 
  p. 
  204 
  

  

  (in 
  So. 
  Dakota) 
  ; 
  Bull. 
  31 
  Divis. 
  Entomol.,U. 
  S. 
  Dept. 
  Agricul., 
  

  

  1893, 
  p. 
  87 
  (taken 
  on 
  golden 
  rod). 
  

   LeBaron 
  : 
  ist. 
  Rept. 
  Ins. 
  111., 
  1871, 
  p. 
  64 
  (mentioned); 
  4th 
  do., 
  1874, 
  

  

  p. 
  45, 
  fig. 
  II 
  (mention). 
  

   Reed: 
  in 
  Rept. 
  Entomolog. 
  Soc. 
  Ont. 
  for 
  1871, 
  1872, 
  p. 
  71 
  (mention). 
  

   Thomas: 
  6th 
  Rept. 
  Ins. 
  III., 
  1877, 
  P- 
  9° 
  (description), 
  p. 
  162 
  (mention). 
  

   SauiNDERS 
  : 
  in 
  Rept. 
  Entomolog. 
  Soc. 
  Ont. 
  for 
  1878, 
  1879, 
  p. 
  6 
  (opera- 
  

   tions 
  in 
  Canada) 
  ; 
  in 
  do. 
  for 
  1881, 
  1882, 
  p. 
  10 
  (reference 
  to 
  

  

  captures). 
  

   Comstock: 
  in 
  Rept. 
  Comm. 
  Agricul. 
  for 
  1879, 
  1880, 
  p. 
  245, 
  PI. 
  A^, 
  fig. 
  3 
  

  

  (active 
  in 
  New 
  York) 
  ; 
  Manual 
  Study 
  Ins., 
  1895, 
  p. 
  520, 
  fig. 
  

  

  625 
  (mention). 
  

   Dimmock: 
  m 
  Stand. 
  Na^. 
  Hist., 
  ii, 
  1884, 
  p. 
  396, 
  fig. 
  481 
  (mention). 
  

   Lintner: 
  in 
  Orange 
  County 
  Farmer 
  for 
  Oct. 
  19, 
  1893, 
  xiii, 
  p. 
  i, 
  c. 
  7 
  

  

  (identification 
  and 
  habiis) 
  ; 
  loth 
  Rept. 
  Ins. 
  N. 
  Y., 
  1895. 
  p. 
  496 
  

  

  (abstract 
  of 
  preceding). 
  

   Smith: 
  in 
  Bept. 
  N. 
  J. 
  Agricul. 
  Expt. 
  Stat, 
  for 
  1893, 
  1894, 
  pp. 
  566, 
  567, 
  

  

  fig. 
  146 
  (mention) 
  ; 
  in 
  id. 
  for 
  1895, 
  1896, 
  p. 
  455, 
  fig. 
  60 
  

  

  (de£cri|)tion, 
  work 
  in 
  New 
  Jersey); 
  Econorn. 
  Entomol., 
  1896, 
  

  

  p. 
  168 
  (mention). 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  month 
  of 
  October, 
  examples 
  of 
  a 
  beetle 
  were 
  received 
  by 
  

   me 
  for 
  identification, 
  from 
  Port 
  Jervis, 
  Orange 
  Co., 
  

   N. 
  Y., 
  of 
  which 
  marvelous 
  stories 
  had 
  been 
  in 
  

   circulation 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  among 
  the 
  farmers, 
  and 
  

   had 
  found 
  their 
  way 
  in 
  a 
  sensational 
  article 
  in 
  the 
  

   newspapeis. 
  It 
  had 
  been 
  stated 
  that 
  it 
  had 
  made 
  

   its 
  appearance 
  for 
  the 
  first 
  time 
  during 
  the 
  past 
  ^ 
  

   summer, 
  and 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  accomplishing 
  wonders 
  in 
  

   destroying 
  the 
  potato 
  beetle. 
  It 
  was 
  to 
  be 
  seen 
  

   running 
  rapidly 
  over 
  the 
  plants, 
  seizing 
  a 
  beetle, 
  

   giving 
  it 
  a 
  bite 
  and 
  instantly 
  killing 
  it, 
  and 
  then 
  

   treating 
  one 
  after 
  another 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  summary 
  

   manner. 
  

  

  As 
  no 
  insect 
  of 
  such 
  remarkable 
  ferocity 
  and 
  

   power 
  was 
  known 
  to 
  us 
  as 
  having 
  been 
  sent 
  to 
  y^c. 
  2.— 
  Lebia 
  grandis. 
  

   our 
  aid 
  in 
  efforts 
  to 
  control 
  the 
  Colorado 
  potato 
  enlarged"!^ 
  

  

  