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KiLEY, C. v., aiul Ilowaitl, L. ().— Insect Life, Vol. I, 18.S8, p. 196. 
(Jives a ;;euiTal acoouiit of the pcach-twi^ moth iu Delaware aiul Maryland, 
referring to a n']»ort of excessive damage in Kent and Snssex counties* Del. ; 
refers to tht^ literature and descrilu's the parasite (Cnpidonoma caiieyataiit How- 
ard), referred to hut not named in Professor Comstock's report. 
CogUiLLETT, D. W.— Insect Life, Vol. I\', 1892, j). 200. 
iJescribcs the work of larva*, supposed to V»e of this insect, in California, in 
prime, peach, apricot, and other trees. 
KlLEV, C. v., and Howard, L. O.— Insect Lite, Vol. VI, 1894, \). 373. 
Kept)rt of Mr. C'hatlichl Knight, of \':incouvcr, that this insect is doing cou- 
si«leral)le <lamage in the State of Washington — as many as one hundred larvie 
heing found upon a single :i-year old i)ruue tree. 
Craw, A.— r»ul. (>7. Calif. State Board of Hort., 1S93 (1894), p. 9. 
iiejtorts the results of investigations made by Mr. K. M. Khrhorn in Santa 
Clara County, Cal.. showing that tlie iusect winters in the early larval stage iu 
the crotches of the l)r:in<hes of the trees attacked; eggs of the last br(»od sup- 
j)osed to be placed iu these situ.it ions in the fall, and the l;irv;e to grow very 
slowly at tlio j)oint indicated until the new leaf growth appears, when they 
leave their burrows in the bark and enter the new shoots, the later brood work- 
ing in the fruit near the stem. 
CoRDLEY, A. 1>. — Bilk 4."), Oregon Agr. E.xper. Station. June, 1897, 
p. 123, PI. VII. 
Keports extensive injury in Oregon in lS9G-!>7 to jaiine and p<'ach twigs in 
early summer, and of a similar larva in strawberry beds in October, the larva* 
wintering in the crowns of the plants. Gives various notes on larva- and habits 
of living moths, which seem to indicate that the strawberry insect is a distinct 
species. Describes the injury and suggests reujcdies. 
CoRDLEY, A. r>. — lUil. 9, Div. Entomology, U. S. Dept. Agriculture, 
pp. 71-75, Oct., 1897. 
Keproduces the above in <litferent ft)rm. adding some later observations. 
THE FIG-EATER. OR GREEN JUNE BEETLE. 
{AUurli'uia iiilida Linn.) 
liy L. O. H()WAiu>. 
Few insects are more commonly noticed through the summer months 
in the more southern United States than the beautiful green and brown 
species known as the fig eater, or June beetle. It is nearly as beautiful 
in its way as some of the metallic Brazilian beetles which have been 
used in jewelry, and is a favorite plaything with children, who tie 
strings to the body and let the beetles tly with a humming noise, which 
is known in the Southern child's vocabulary as '' juning" (vefb " to 
June "). Notwithstanding its beautiful a])pcarance. this beetle is a more 
or less serious enemy to agriculture and horticulture in parts of the 
South, and has been suspected to be a much more serious enemy than 
it really is. It is a native of the southern and central i)ortions of the 
United States, and has not been found, so far as we are aware, north of 
the dividing line between the ui)per austral and transition life zones. 
In its adult condition the beetle feeds upon ripe figs. ])eaches, pears, 
]>liiiiis and small fruits such as raspberries and blackberries. It feeds 
