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the American Association for the Advancement of Science, mentions 

 its feeding on pear leaves. He also ascertained that the insect laid its 

 eggs (in confinement) on leaves, concealing them by gumming the 

 leaves together. Later, in 1890 (16th Eept. State Ent. 111., p. 76), he 

 demonstrated by experiment and dissection that the species feeds freely 

 on grasses. 



Brief mention of attack on the foliage of fruit trees at Hern don, Va., 

 in 1887 was given in Insect Life (vol. I, p. 59). 



In 1889 Dr. Clarence M. Weed gave an account of this insect (Ann. 

 Eept. Ohio Agl. Expt. Sta. for 1888, pp. 167, 168), together with an 

 abstract of a letter from Mr. J. P. Coulter, of Cramer, 111., who reported 

 its abundance on potatoes, and that it was "fully as destructive as the 

 Colorado potato beetle, from its habit of cutting off the stalks, with 

 their soft, undeveloped leaves." 



Injury to young apple trees was reported in 1891 from Stillwater, 

 Payne County, Okla. (Insect Life, vol. iv, p. 77). 



In the Eighth Annual Report of the Kentucky Agricultural Experi- 

 ment Station for 1895, Mr. H. Garman mentions reported occurrence of 

 this species on strawberry at Horse Cave, Ky., April 30, of that year. 



In Colman's Rural World of June 6, 1895«(p. 177), is a short notice, 

 consisting of a letter of inquiry from a correspondent in Hallsville, Mo., 

 and answer by Miss M. E. Murtfeldt. Specimens of the beetles were 

 received by the latter and identified as this species, and the report was 

 given that they were found in some numbers on young pear and apple 

 trees. 



Several other notices thau those above mentioned have appeared in 

 regard to injuries by this insect, but as they add but little to our 

 knowledge of the insect's habits, they need not be quoted here. 



DIVISIONAL AND PERSONAL NOTES. 



Among divisional notes other than those published and previously 

 mentioned are records of the receipt of this species from various cor- 

 respondents, among which may be mentioned the following (all com- 

 munications were accompanied by specimens of the beetle) : 



May 6, 1891, from Mr. H. J. Lamb, Stillwater, Okla., destroying youug 

 growth of apple trees. April 21, 1893, Mr. Theo. Pergande found 

 between the terminal leaves of Cassia marilandica growing on the flats 

 between the canal and the Potomac River above Georgetown, D. C, 

 two batches of eggs belonging to this species. The leaves were glued 

 tightly together with the eggs between them in the same manner as is 

 always observed when eggs bave been obtained in confinement, being 

 placed more or less regularly in rows. April 25, 1895, the beetles were 

 reported in a raspberry patch near Strasburg, Va. May 13, 1895, from 

 Stark Brothers, Louisiana, Mo., found on apple. May 19, 1896, Mr. 

 M. H. Beckwith, Newark, Del., reported that the beetles were feeding 

 on plum and peach near Smyrna, Del. June 1,1897, from Mr. T. J. 

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