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at base, margin narrowly rellexed; thorax narrower in front; sides 

 arcuate, base not margined, color brownish, 

 broadly margined at the sides with testaceous ; 

 surface coarsely but sparsely punctured; elytra 

 rather deeply striate, with coarse, closely-placed 

 punctures, the second stria composed of a double 

 row of punctures, intervals equally convex ; 

 pygidium densely rugulose and pubescent; body 

 beneath sparsely punctured, pectus slightly hairy. 

 Length, .44- 60 inch; 11-15 mm. 



The front claws of the anterior and middle fig. n.- Middle tarsus and 

 tarsi are cleft at tip, the two portions nearly equal, claws of anom - la margin- 



rrn, . r • i_ • £ 11 i ATA > enlarged. (Original . ) 



[Ihe middle tarsus is shown in ng. 11 .J 



Remedies. 



The strong instinct of the beetle, above mentioned, to remain mo- 

 tionless for some time, or to " counterfeit death," as generally phrased, 

 would indicate as the best method of reducing their excessive abun- 

 dance, that of shaking them on clothe, as recommended for A. lucicola. 

 For securing them as they drop, one of the different forms of " collect- 

 ors" described and figured by Dr. J. B. Smith in his Bulletin on the 

 Rose-Bug (No. 82 of the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Sta- 

 tion), would prove convenient and effective, and decidedly preferable 

 to attempting to gather them into a vessel of water and kerosene. 



Dr. Riley has recommended for the attack of this grapevine pest, 

 spraying the vines, upon their appearance, with Paris green and water, 

 at any time before the grapes begin to ripen. A strong kerosene emul- 

 sion should also kill the beetles, and if used in June or July, it is hardly 

 possible that it could remain to affect the grapes when converted into 

 wine. 



Other Grapevine Anomalas. 

 In addition to the two species named, at least three others are known 

 to feed upon grape foliage, viz., A. unclulata Mels., A. minuta Burm., 

 and A. binotata Gyll. 



Diabrotica vittata (Fabr.). 



The Striped Cucumber Beetle. 



A correspondent has sent the following statement of a supposed 

 protection afforded by a black walnut tree from the attack of the 

 striped cucumber beetle, Diabrotica vittata (Fabr.^: 



My apple orchard j .ins my garden on the north side and my yard on 

 the east side. Just inside the yard at the junction of these two fences 

 is a black walnut tree, shading that northeast corner of the garden. In 



