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eggs. The trees should be examined in the fall for the fine 

 castings thrown out by the small larvae. Constant watching is 

 the only safeguard, and where found, carbon disulphide will 

 kill the insect if the burrow is stopped up so that the fumes 

 cannot escape. 



The Grape Vine Flea-Beetle. Beetles were received from 

 Plantsville and from Danbury about the middle of May with 

 reports that they were causing injury by eating holes into the 

 buds, which had not then opened. This is a small dark blue 

 beetle bearing the Latin name of Haltica chalybea 111. Covering 

 the buds with an arsenical poison like Paris green or lead 

 arsenate will prevent injury. 



The Elm Leaf Beetle. (Galerucella luteola Miill.) This 

 insect was less abundant than in 1906, though made the subject 

 of Bulletin 155, which was issued in May, 1907. This bulletin 

 is not reproduced in this report, but will be sent to any address 

 on application as long as the supply lasts. 



An Injurious Myriapod. Specimens were received from Guil- 

 ford and from North Haven of a small Myriapod or "thousand- 

 legged worm" that had been feeding upon the roots of plants, 

 causing considerable injury. At Guilford large buds of hardy 

 bulbs had been attacked and destroyed by them. I have similar 

 records of injury by this same species from Woodbridge and 

 from Massachusetts. It was identified as Julus hortensis Wood, 

 a species known to injure various plants, but apparently no experi- 

 ments have been made with remedies and the literature contains 

 few suggestions as to treatment. 



A Fungus-Inhabiting Beetle. On December 7th a beetle was 

 received from Watertown with the statement that it was found 

 crawling about in the house. The beetle was Boletotherus 

 bifurcus Fabr., a species known to inhabit shelf fungi which 

 grow upon trees and logs. Probably a piece of fungus on fuel 

 was brought into the house and the insect emerged from it. 



The Bag-worm. This name is erroneously given to the com- 

 mon Tent caterpillar by many persons. The bag-worm Thyri- 



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