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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Island. 
  It 
  is 
  now 
  generally 
  distributed 
  through 
  the 
  States 
  of 
  Maryland, 
  

   Delaware, 
  New 
  Jersey 
  and 
  in 
  Pennsylvania 
  along 
  the 
  Delaware 
  river. 
  

   It 
  is 
  known 
  in 
  Connecticut 
  and 
  Rhode 
  Island, 
  and 
  is 
  widely, 
  though 
  

   locally, 
  distributed 
  in 
  Massachusetts. 
  In 
  the 
  latter 
  State 
  it 
  has 
  worked 
  

   along 
  the 
  seacoast, 
  establishing 
  itself 
  in 
  places 
  where 
  its 
  food-plant 
  was 
  

   found. 
  It 
  has 
  also 
  made 
  its 
  way 
  to 
  a 
  considerable 
  distance 
  inland, 
  pre- 
  

   sumably 
  on 
  the 
  plants 
  purchased 
  for 
  the 
  setting 
  out 
  of 
  new 
  beds. 
  In 
  this 
  

   manner 
  it 
  has 
  extended 
  back 
  from 
  the 
  sea 
  for 
  a 
  distance 
  of 
  nearly 
  forty 
  

   miles. 
  The 
  insect 
  has 
  been 
  abundant 
  for 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  years 
  at 
  Berlin, 
  

   Mass., 
  where 
  large 
  quantities 
  of 
  asparagus 
  are 
  grown 
  for 
  the 
  Boston 
  

   market, 
  and 
  it 
  has 
  made 
  its 
  way 
  along 
  the 
  coast 
  to 
  Portsmouth, 
  N. 
  H., 
  

   and 
  up 
  the 
  Merrimac 
  river 
  to 
  Nashua, 
  N. 
  H. 
  It 
  may 
  also 
  enter 
  

   both 
  New 
  Hampshire 
  and 
  Vermont 
  through 
  the 
  Connecticut 
  valley, 
  

   besides 
  touching 
  the 
  southern 
  coast 
  of 
  Maine. 
  

  

  In 
  this 
  State 
  the 
  common 
  species 
  occurs 
  over 
  all 
  Long 
  Island. 
  It 
  has 
  

   been 
  traced 
  up 
  the 
  Hudson 
  river 
  valley 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  Mechanicsville, 
  about 
  

   twenty 
  miles 
  north 
  of 
  Albany. 
  It 
  occurs 
  in 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  widely 
  separated 
  

   localities 
  in 
  the 
  western 
  central 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  State, 
  having 
  been 
  reported 
  

   from 
  the 
  following 
  places: 
  Vernon, 
  Oneida 
  county; 
  Oswego, 
  Oswego 
  

   county: 
  Newark, 
  Wayne 
  county; 
  Geneva, 
  Ontario 
  county; 
  Geneseo, 
  

   Livingston 
  county 
  ; 
  Rochester, 
  Monroe 
  county 
  ; 
  and 
  Buffalo, 
  Erie 
  county. 
  

   The 
  insect 
  will 
  probably 
  spread 
  to 
  all 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  lying 
  within 
  the 
  

   Upper 
  Austral 
  Life-zone 
  (see 
  Plate 
  IV 
  in 
  my 
  nth 
  Report). 
  It 
  is 
  known 
  

   in 
  nine 
  counties 
  in 
  the 
  northeastern 
  part 
  of 
  Ohio; 
  and 
  is 
  now 
  slowly 
  

   spreading 
  over 
  that 
  State. 
  The 
  twelve-spotted 
  species 
  may 
  be 
  expected 
  

   to 
  eventually 
  occupy 
  a 
  not 
  much 
  less 
  extended 
  range 
  of 
  territory. 
  

  

  Remedies. 
  

   The 
  methods 
  of 
  value 
  against 
  the 
  common 
  asparagus 
  beetle 
  will 
  be 
  

   found 
  of 
  service 
  in 
  fighting 
  this 
  insect 
  under 
  similar 
  conditions. 
  The 
  

   larvae 
  of 
  the 
  twelve-spotted 
  form 
  feed 
  in 
  the 
  berries 
  the 
  latter 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  

   season, 
  and 
  are 
  then 
  out 
  of 
  reach 
  of 
  the 
  common 
  insecticides, 
  but 
  when 
  

   feeding 
  on 
  the 
  foliage 
  they 
  can 
  be 
  destroyed 
  by 
  dusting 
  air-slacked 
  lime 
  

   over 
  the 
  plants 
  when 
  still 
  wet 
  with 
  dew. 
  The 
  beetles 
  can 
  be 
  poisoned 
  

   upon 
  the 
  foliage 
  with 
  Paris 
  green 
  or 
  arsenate 
  of 
  lead. 
  If 
  the 
  insects 
  are 
  

   very 
  abundant 
  during 
  the 
  cutting 
  season, 
  it 
  may 
  pay 
  to 
  allow 
  portions 
  of 
  

   the 
  field 
  to 
  grow 
  up 
  and 
  serve 
  as 
  lures 
  to 
  attract 
  the 
  beetles 
  from 
  the 
  

   young 
  shoots, 
  where 
  they 
  may 
  be 
  poisoned. 
  

  

  