﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  STATE 
  ENTOMOLOGIST 
  IQOO 
  99I 
  

  

  Beckwith 
  states 
  that 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  for 
  several 
  years 
  at 
  Elmira, 
  Chemung 
  co.^ 
  

   in 
  considerable 
  numbers. 
  Central 
  New 
  York 
  is 
  a 
  region 
  where 
  the 
  pest 
  

   may 
  be 
  expected 
  to 
  flourish 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  it 
  does 
  in 
  the 
  Hudson 
  river 
  valley. 
  

   It 
  certainly 
  should 
  be 
  carefully 
  watched, 
  and 
  steps 
  taken, 
  if 
  necessary, 
  to 
  

   prevent 
  the 
  serious 
  damage 
  inflicted 
  on 
  the 
  elms 
  in 
  the 
  eastern 
  part 
  ot 
  

   the 
  state. 
  

  

  Gold 
  gilt 
  beetle 
  (Chrysochus 
  auratus 
  Fabr.). 
  This 
  species- 
  

   lives 
  by 
  .prefei 
  ence 
  on 
  the 
  spreading 
  dogbane, 
  and, 
  though 
  there 
  are 
  

   accounts 
  of 
  the 
  beetle 
  attacking 
  other 
  plants, 
  

   they 
  are 
  probably 
  erroneous 
  or 
  the 
  insects 
  may 
  

   have 
  been 
  driven 
  by 
  hunger 
  to 
  feed 
  on 
  a 
  plant 
  

   otherwise 
  unmolested. 
  The 
  adult 
  is 
  a 
  beauti- 
  

   ful 
  greenish 
  gilt 
  insect 
  which 
  is 
  quite 
  common 
  

   in 
  July 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  spreading 
  dogbane. 
  

   The 
  egg 
  capsules 
  are 
  very 
  interesting. 
  They 
  

   have 
  been 
  previously 
  described 
  in 
  the 
  Jour- 
  

   nal 
  of 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  e7itomolos:ical 
  society. 
  

  

  ■^ 
  ^ 
  •^' 
  Fig. 
  I. 
  Egg 
  capsule 
  of 
  Chry- 
  

  

  3: 
  192, 
  by 
  Rev. 
  J. 
  L. 
  Zabriskie, 
  but, 
  as 
  the 
  sochus 
  auratus 
  broken 
  opera 
  

  

  account 
  has 
  been 
  overlooked 
  by 
  many 
  and 
  ^° 
  ^ 
  °^ 
  ^^^^ 
  (.ongma 
  >. 
  

   is 
  not 
  accessible 
  to 
  others, 
  a 
  few 
  notes 
  are 
  given 
  at 
  this 
  time. 
  The 
  

   egg 
  capsules 
  are 
  black, 
  conical 
  masses 
  occurring 
  usually 
  on 
  the 
  under 
  

   side 
  of 
  the 
  leaves. 
  They 
  are 
  pyramidal 
  in 
  shape, 
  about 
  2 
  mm 
  in 
  

   diameter 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  nearly 
  as 
  high, 
  and 
  one 
  may 
  contain 
  three 
  or 
  four 
  

   eggs, 
  fig. 
  I. 
  Each 
  egg 
  is 
  i|- 
  mm 
  long, 
  .5 
  mm 
  in 
  transverse 
  diameter 
  and 
  of 
  a 
  

   yellowish 
  white 
  color. 
  The 
  egg 
  shell 
  is 
  soft 
  and 
  its 
  surface 
  moist. 
  The 
  

   covering 
  capsule 
  is 
  quite 
  firm 
  and 
  is 
  composed 
  of 
  the 
  excrement, 
  or 
  frass^ 
  

   of 
  the 
  beetles 
  stuck 
  together 
  with 
  a 
  glutinous 
  secretion. 
  The 
  purpose 
  ot 
  

   this 
  singular 
  covering 
  is 
  undoubtedly 
  as 
  much 
  to 
  protect 
  the 
  eggs 
  from 
  

   the 
  drying 
  influences 
  of 
  the 
  atmosphere 
  as 
  to 
  shield 
  them 
  from 
  insect 
  and 
  

   other 
  enemies. 
  The 
  larvae 
  drop 
  to 
  the 
  ground 
  and 
  live 
  at 
  the 
  roots 
  oi 
  

   this 
  weed, 
  it 
  is 
  stated. 
  

  

  12 
  spotted 
  asparagus 
  beetle 
  (Crioceris 
  12-punctata 
  

   Linn.). 
  The 
  distribution 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  has 
  been 
  noted 
  as 
  occasion 
  has 
  

   offered. 
  The 
  following 
  are 
  additional 
  to 
  the 
  localities 
  recorded 
  in 
  my 
  

   previous 
  report. 
  Miss 
  Harriet 
  M. 
  Smith 
  sent 
  specimens 
  from 
  North 
  

   Hector, 
  Schuyler 
  co., 
  and 
  R. 
  H. 
  Darrison 
  took 
  the 
  insect 
  at 
  Lockport, 
  

   Niagara 
  co. 
  It 
  was 
  also 
  received 
  from 
  Fred 
  Warren, 
  Pike, 
  Wyoming 
  co. 
  

   It 
  was 
  reported 
  as 
  present 
  at 
  Fredonia, 
  Chautauqua 
  co., 
  and 
  at 
  Almond^ 
  

   Allegany 
  co., 
  by 
  J. 
  Jay 
  Barden 
  ; 
  and 
  Dr 
  Howard 
  has 
  informed 
  me 
  of 
  its 
  

  

  