﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  STATE 
  ENTOMOLOGIST 
  257 
  

  

  single 
  leaf 
  there 
  were 
  six. 
  A 
  week 
  later 
  the 
  new 
  foliage 
  had 
  suffered 
  

   severely. 
  Four 
  or 
  five 
  larvae 
  were 
  commonly 
  found 
  on 
  a 
  small 
  leaf. 
  Most 
  

   of 
  them 
  were 
  about 
  half-grown, 
  and 
  a 
  few 
  were 
  full-grown. 
  September 
  

   25th 
  many 
  larvse 
  and 
  a 
  few 
  pupae 
  were 
  found 
  on 
  the 
  trunks 
  of 
  the 
  trees. 
  

   A 
  number 
  of 
  half-grown 
  larvse 
  and 
  some 
  beetles 
  were 
  feeding 
  on 
  the 
  

   leaves. 
  October 
  ist 
  a 
  few 
  larvse 
  were 
  feeding; 
  full-grown 
  ones 
  and. 
  

   numbers 
  of 
  pup^ 
  were 
  seen 
  on 
  the 
  trunks 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  

   trees, 
  and 
  beetles 
  were 
  feeding 
  on 
  the 
  leaves. 
  On 
  the 
  2 
  2d 
  of 
  

   October 
  several 
  young 
  larvae 
  were 
  seen 
  on 
  a 
  bunch 
  of 
  the 
  greenest 
  

   leaves, 
  and 
  near 
  them 
  a 
  cluster 
  of 
  egg 
  shells 
  from 
  which 
  they 
  had 
  

   probably 
  emerged 
  within 
  a 
  few 
  days. 
  October 
  31st 
  several 
  full 
  

   grown 
  larvae 
  and 
  a 
  pupa 
  were 
  found 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  one 
  tree, 
  and 
  also 
  a 
  

   beetle 
  just 
  completing 
  its 
  transformations. 
  On 
  one 
  tree 
  with 
  exception- 
  

   ally 
  green 
  leaves, 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  very 
  small 
  larvae 
  were 
  seen, 
  and 
  near 
  them 
  

   a 
  cluster 
  of 
  egg 
  shells. 
  At 
  this 
  time 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  English 
  elms 
  were 
  leaf- 
  

   less. 
  One 
  week 
  later, 
  November 
  7th 
  (the 
  last 
  observation 
  for 
  the 
  

   season), 
  a 
  few 
  pupae 
  were 
  still 
  to 
  be 
  found, 
  which 
  transformed 
  success- 
  

   fully 
  to 
  beetles. 
  The 
  above 
  facts 
  indicate 
  most 
  clearly 
  that 
  the 
  beetles 
  

   would 
  continue 
  reproduction 
  so 
  long 
  as 
  there 
  was 
  suitable 
  food. 
  It 
  

   also 
  seems 
  reasonable 
  to 
  refer 
  the 
  latest 
  larvae 
  and 
  pupae 
  to 
  a 
  limited 
  

   third 
  brood, 
  rather 
  than 
  to 
  the 
  progeny 
  of 
  belated 
  individuals 
  of 
  the 
  

   second 
  brood. 
  

  

  Notes 
  on 
  Oviposition 
  and 
  Transformations. 
  

  

  In 
  connection 
  with 
  observations 
  of 
  the 
  beetle 
  in 
  nature, 
  breeding 
  

   experiments 
  were 
  also 
  attempted. 
  Owing 
  to 
  the 
  difficulty 
  of 
  obtaining 
  

   new 
  leaves 
  for 
  the 
  larvae, 
  they 
  were 
  not 
  so 
  successful 
  as 
  could 
  be 
  desired. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  6th 
  of 
  July 
  a 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  recently 
  transformed 
  beetles 
  were 
  

   confined 
  with 
  fresh, 
  though 
  old, 
  elm 
  leaves. 
  They 
  fed 
  so 
  voraciously 
  that 
  

   a 
  new 
  supply 
  was 
  furnished 
  them 
  every 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  days 
  ; 
  especial 
  care 
  

   was 
  taken 
  to 
  introduce 
  no 
  eggs 
  with 
  the 
  food. 
  Egg 
  clusters 
  were 
  

   found 
  as 
  follows: 
  i 
  on 
  the 
  8th; 
  4 
  on 
  the 
  nth; 
  i 
  on 
  the 
  13th; 
  3 
  on 
  the 
  

   14th; 
  2 
  on 
  the 
  i6th; 
  15 
  on 
  the 
  i8th; 
  9 
  on 
  the 
  21st; 
  3 
  on 
  the 
  23rd; 
  

   and 
  2 
  on 
  the 
  25th, 
  — 
  the 
  oviposition 
  having 
  extended 
  over 
  seventeen 
  days. 
  

   Most 
  of 
  the 
  eggs 
  were 
  deposited 
  in 
  normal 
  clusters 
  and 
  were 
  fertile, 
  

   although 
  the 
  conditions 
  in 
  the 
  cage 
  were 
  not 
  quite 
  normal. 
  From 
  the 
  

   above 
  data 
  it 
  would 
  appear 
  that 
  in 
  summer 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  eggs 
  are 
  laid 
  12 
  

   to 
  14 
  days 
  after 
  the 
  perfect 
  form 
  is 
  assumed. 
  

  

  At 
  this 
  time 
  tender 
  leaves 
  could 
  not 
  be 
  obtained, 
  and 
  the 
  young 
  larvae, 
  

   under 
  the 
  ordeal 
  of 
  their 
  confinement, 
  perished 
  a 
  few 
  days 
  after 
  emerging 
  

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