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beetles of the new brood niay appear within at least a week or two 

 from the time of the demise of the hibernated parent beetles. 



Daring the second week of August a fungus was noticed to be orow- 

 ing upon a specimen of this snout-beetle in our rearing jar. and was 

 kept until it appeared to be fully developed, when a sketch which 

 mpanies this note was made. The infected insect was referred to 

 the Division of Vegetable Phvsioloo-v and Patholocfv. and the funo-u- 

 was identified by Prof. B. T. Galloway a- a species of Sporotrichimi. 

 very close to. if not identical with. S. glofmLifemm. In the letter of 

 transmittal the writer expressed the opinion that the death of the insect 

 might be due to fungous attack, an opinion in which Professor Gallo- 

 way concurs, since he writes that the fungus 

 is an active parasite on many other insects, 

 and there is therefore little doubt that it wa» 

 the cause of the beetle's death. Attention is 

 called to the bisymmetrical arrangement of 

 the fungous growth upon the body of the in- 

 sect in the accompanying figure. 



This specie- was rare the past season in the 

 neighborhood of the District of Columbia as 

 compared with previous years. Two com- 

 plaint-, however, reached this office from 

 source^ farther south. April 14. we received 

 specimens of the beetles from Mr. David 

 Hunter. San Antonio. Bexar County. Tex., 

 with the information that the species was do- 

 ing damage to peach, plum, and pear trees 

 by feeding upon the buds and young foliage. 

 The beetles had been troublesome the previous year and were jarred 

 from the tree-, but they again put in an appearance the following- 

 year in still greater numbers. Mav 15 Mr. T. G. Knoop. Glenwood. 

 Okla.. sent this specie- with others concerned in injury to apple trees. 



Fig. 7. — Eptcarru.? imbrieatu-?: bee- 

 tle attacked by fungus — three 



A NEW TINGITID ON BEAN. 



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June 13, 1899, Prof. F. S. Earle. Auburn. Ala., sent specimens of 

 this insect in different stages found on the leaves of bean at that place. 

 Our correspondent had not noticed the insect before, but expressed the 

 belief that it might be quite destructive. 



The species was referred to Mr. Otto Heidemann of this division for 

 identification, with the result that it was discovered to be a new species 

 of Gargaphia. to which he has applied the name angidata from having 

 found a specimen in the National Museum collection, labeled, in Pro- 



