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bit from the leaf of growing tobacco, leaving a light brown spot upon 
the leaf when ready for market; these spots materially increase the 
market value of the crop. . . If they could be successfully cultivated 
it would be a boon to the tobacco grower” (Psyche, Vol. VII, p. 347). 
Mr. Schwarz is reported as saying that the yellow spots above men- 
tioned are due to fungus as the beetle eats through the leaf (Proce. Ent. 
Soc. Wash., Vol. IV, p. 33). It is also stated by Messrs. Hopkins and 
Rumsey (Bul. 44, W. Va. Agric. Exp. Sta., p. 306) that this insect, 
although a common tobacco pest which quite often caused serious 
damage to the leaves, is also the source of ‘‘what is known as spotted 
tobacco wrapper, which is considered ornamental for cigars, and is in 
demand on this account. This condition is caused when spots are eaten 
in the surface and do not extend through the leaf.” The same authors 
write that it ‘‘is very injurious to young and old tomato and egg plants, 
eating the surface of the leaf or penetrating it with numerous holes, 
causing it to have a whitish, sickly appearance,” and that the species 
had been common and quite troublesome at the Experiment Station of 
that State for a few years back (l. ¢., p. 302). 
_ From the association of this species with injury to tobacco it has 
been appropriately named the tobacco flea-beetle. It feeds, appar- 
ently, in the adult stage at least, on all the Solanacex, both culti- 
vated and wild. 
REMEDIES. 
Pyrethrum mixed with about ten parts of flour or road dust has been 
recommended for this flea-beetle; but there is an objection to this in that 
it necessitates too frequent application for profit. 
Bordeaux mixture and Paris green, combined or alone, have produced 
the best results. 
NOTES ON THE STRAWBERRY WEEVIL: ITS INJURIES AND BIB- 
LIOGRAPHY. 
By F. H. CHITTENDEN. 
Through the medium of the issuance of Circular No. 21 upon the 
strawberry weevil (Anthonomus signatus Say) considerable information 
was gathered-in regard to the injuries and distribution of this species. 
In Virginia and Maryland the usual amount of injury was reported, 
and in addition damage to blackberries was reported in Texas,—an » 
extreme southern and unexpected locality for injuries by this insect. 
Letters of inquiry were received during July, with specimens, from 
Mr. Rh. H. Price, of the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, and 
from Mr. M. V. Slingerland, of the Cornell University Experiment Sta- 
tion, reporting damage in Texas, and further correspondence brought 
out the fact that the insect was doing considerable damage in some — 
portions of that State. Mr. James Nimon, of Denison, Tex., wrote, 
April 24: “I know to my sorrow that this species is one of the most 
destructive little things I have had to deal with for some time. I first 
