THE IMPORTED ELM LEAF BEETLE 
Galeruca xantkomel&na* Schrank.] 
Order Coleoptee a ; family Chbysomexed i. 
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. .t!y pnlargi 
•■''same: /'. pupa (enlarj 
The depredations of this pest have now become widely extended 
throughout the Northeastern States, rendering unsightly and almost 
worthless th< valuable shade trees of our eities— the elms, a- 
it< injuries are so tar unknown in the Mississippi Valley, the blighted 
appearance of tin- elms on tin- Department grounds in midsummer, and 
especially of the European varieties, at once attracted our attention 
when we first came to Washington, and a series of experiments was 
in with a view of checking the i >f the insect. Tin- excel- 
Forst., and G. Mmmrie$tu Fahr. In Crotel 
ranthomejcena. 
