﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  STATE 
  ENTOMOLOGIST 
  25 
  1 
  

  

  recently 
  issued 
  ones. 
  Their 
  abundance 
  noted 
  by 
  him 
  the 
  latter 
  part 
  of 
  

   the 
  month 
  is 
  possibly 
  due 
  to 
  the 
  appearance 
  of 
  individuals 
  of 
  the 
  second 
  

   brood. 
  The 
  beetles 
  feed, 
  like 
  the 
  more 
  common 
  species, 
  on 
  the 
  foliage. 
  

   They 
  will 
  also 
  feed 
  on 
  the 
  berries, 
  in 
  confinement, 
  at 
  least. 
  This 
  insect 
  

   is 
  more 
  ready 
  to 
  take 
  to 
  flight 
  and 
  is 
  less 
  apt 
  to 
  hide 
  behind 
  the 
  stems 
  

   when 
  disturbed, 
  than 
  is 
  its 
  congener. 
  

  

  Introduction 
  and 
  Distribution. 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  another 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  list 
  of 
  insect 
  pests 
  accidentally 
  intro- 
  

   duced 
  into 
  this 
  country 
  from 
  Europe. 
  It 
  was 
  discovered 
  in 
  1881 
  in 
  the 
  

   vicinity 
  of 
  Baltimore, 
  Md., 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Otto 
  Lugger. 
  The 
  insect 
  was 
  quite 
  

   abundant 
  when 
  found, 
  showing 
  that 
  the 
  date 
  of 
  its 
  introduction 
  was 
  

   probably 
  several 
  years 
  earlier. 
  

  

  Assuming 
  Baltimore 
  or 
  its 
  vicinity 
  as 
  the 
  place 
  of 
  introduction, 
  the 
  

   spread 
  of 
  the 
  insect 
  may 
  be 
  traced 
  southward 
  across 
  several 
  counties 
  and 
  

   into 
  the 
  District 
  of 
  Columbia, 
  where 
  it 
  was 
  detected 
  in 
  1896. 
  Later 
  it 
  

   invaded 
  Virginia 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Washington, 
  and 
  now 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  

   detected 
  as 
  far 
  south 
  as 
  Westmoreland 
  county 
  of 
  that 
  State. 
  In 
  1892 
  

   it 
  was 
  found 
  in 
  Gloucester 
  county, 
  N. 
  J. 
  When 
  spreading 
  from 
  Mary- 
  

   land 
  to 
  New 
  Jersey, 
  it 
  also 
  established 
  itself 
  in 
  northern 
  Delaware. 
  The 
  

   next 
  year 
  its 
  presence 
  was 
  announced 
  in 
  the 
  adjoining 
  counties 
  of 
  Cum- 
  

   berland 
  and 
  Camden, 
  N. 
  J. 
  The 
  progress 
  of 
  the 
  insect 
  over 
  New 
  Jersey 
  

   has 
  been 
  so 
  rapid 
  that 
  m 
  1897, 
  Dr. 
  Smith 
  found 
  the 
  insect 
  in 
  Monmouth 
  

   county, 
  nearly 
  as 
  fat 
  north 
  as 
  Staten 
  Island. 
  It 
  has 
  also 
  estabUshed 
  

   itself 
  in 
  parts 
  of 
  Pennsylvania 
  near 
  the 
  southern 
  portion 
  of 
  New 
  Jersey, 
  

   having 
  been 
  found 
  there 
  in 
  1894. 
  The 
  same 
  year 
  it 
  was 
  received 
  by 
  me 
  

   from 
  Monroe 
  county, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  

  

  The 
  known 
  distribution 
  of 
  this 
  insect 
  is 
  about 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  The 
  north- 
  

   eastern 
  portion 
  of 
  Virginia 
  along 
  the 
  Potomac 
  and 
  Chesapeake 
  bay, 
  the 
  

   District 
  of 
  Columbia, 
  Maryland, 
  the 
  northern 
  portion 
  of 
  Delaware, 
  the 
  

   southeastern 
  part 
  of 
  Pennsylvania, 
  New 
  Jersey 
  as 
  far 
  north 
  as 
  Monm.outh 
  

   county, 
  at 
  least, 
  and 
  a 
  colony 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Rochester, 
  Monroe 
  

   county, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  It 
  will 
  probably 
  spread 
  over 
  a 
  considerable 
  area 
  in 
  the 
  

   central 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  State, 
  and 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  expected 
  to 
  enter 
  both 
  Staten 
  

   and 
  Long 
  Island 
  in 
  the 
  near 
  future, 
  from 
  its 
  northern 
  extension 
  in 
  New 
  

   Jersey. 
  

  

  Distribution 
  of 
  Crioceris 
  asparagi. 
  

  

  The 
  distribution 
  and 
  spread 
  of 
  the 
  common 
  species 
  will 
  give 
  some 
  

   idea 
  of 
  what 
  may 
  be 
  expected 
  of 
  the 
  twelve-spotted 
  form. 
  Crioceris 
  

   asparagi 
  was 
  first 
  detected 
  in 
  this 
  country 
  in 
  Queens 
  county, 
  Long 
  

  

  