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each fore wing, which, when the wings are folded in repose (so that 
the pattern is joined), give the appearance of a row of pale diamond 
markings with a dark strijDe on each side running down the middle 
of the back. 
Amongst other crop infestations the most serious attack whiclihas 
been reported is that of the very unusual amount which has appeared 
in various localities of the Pea-and-bean Weevils, the Sitones 
1 ineatus, and S. crinitus, on the leafage chiefly of young peas ; but, to 
some degree, also on beans. 
These beetles are small, just over (or under) two lines in length, 
cylindrical in shape, and greyish, or, if old specimens, blackish in 
colour ; and they feed by gnawing away the edges of the leaves, 
working gradually onwards until, in bad attack, the whole leaf may 
be devoured. 
This infestation is one of our commonest kinds, so far as garden 
crops are concerned, and the beetles are to be found in great 
1, 2, S. crinitus ; 3, 4, S. linealus, natural size and magniflel ; 5, leaf notched by ri'eeviU. 
quantities on peas at harvesting time, but I never before have met 
with such severe infestation on field crops, so early in the year. 
From Alcester (Warwickshire) a correspondent reported that 
the ground seemed to be teeming with the insects ; that the attack 
was general in the district, and affected beans as well as peas. From 
near Severn Stoke (Worcestershire), a neighbourhood where early 
peas are grown, it was reported that many acres were destroyed. 
Near Sandy, in Bedfordshire, they were noted as threatening ruin 
to winter beans, but in Essex the attack was especially widespread 
and severe. From Rochford, report was sent on May 2, of some of 
the earlier sown fields being apparently quite destroyed by the 
infestation, and from Chelmsford, a little earlier, notes were sent of 
scores of acres being destroyed. Similar reports of the peas having 
suffered terribly were also sent from Romford, and from Southminster 
likewise the report was very bad. 
This unusual amount of appearance, is, I conjecture, attributable 
to weather influences, and might very likely arise in part from the 
