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ANNUAL REPORT OF NEW TORK 
POTATO-BEETLE. THE BEETLE DESCRIBED. REMEDIES. 
of the thorax when turned backward. They are gradually thickened 
towards their tips, twelve-jointed, the last joint being quite small, conical 
and sunk into the apex of the preceding joint. The five first joints are pale 
yellow or tawny, obovate, the basal one largest, and the third one longer than 
cither of the other three. The remaining joints are black and somewhat globu¬ 
lar. The thorax is transverse, twice as broad as long, broadly notched in front 
for receiving the head, and its hind side convex. Five punctures are scat, 
tcred over its suriace, these punctures becoming more numerous and coarser 
towards the outer sides. It is commonly margined all round by a slender 
black line. In the centre are two oblong black spots which diverge for¬ 
ward. Back of these is a small black dot which is often wanting; and on 
each side are about six small black spots; one towards the base, of an oval 
form and placed transversely; and two round ones, nearly upon aline for¬ 
ward of this, the three being equidistant from each other; two towards 
the hind angle, placed close together and often united, the inner one of 
these being largest of the six; and the sixth one placed halfway between 
the two last and the forward angle. The scutcl is dark brown. The wing- 
covers have the sutural edge dark brown, and five equidistant black stripes 
on each. The first or inner stripe is shortest and tapers backward as it 
gradually approaches the suture, terminating in a very long slender point 
a considerable space forward of the apex. The two next stripes are broadest 
and are united at their tips, beyond which they are sometimes prolonged 
into the end of the fourth stripe. The outer stripe is the most slender and 
longest of all, placed on the outer margin but terminating before it attains 
the apex. The wing covers are also punctured in rows extending along 
the margin of the stripes, the rows being uneven and the middle ones dou¬ 
ble; and the outer interspace is also punctured. Beneath, the sockets of 
the legs are black or edged with black, and on the hind breast is a trans¬ 
verse black spot on each side, forward of the insertion of the hind legs, 
and also a black stripe on the outer margin of the hind breast, outside of 
which on the parapleura is a triangular black spot. The abdomen is finely 
punctured on the disk and base, and has a short black band on the middle 
of the anterior edge of each segment except the last, and near the outer 
margin a row of six black dots. The legs are tawny yellow, with the hips 
at least of the hind pair black and also the knees and feet. 
Say mentions a variety of this beetle having the wing-covers white. 
This is probably always their color when recently disclosed from tho pupa. 
What will be the best remedies for this new insect enemy can only be 
ascertained by experiments with it in its native haunts when its habits 
are more fully observed. We know not whether turkeys and other fowls 
relish these beetles, whereby they may be employed to aid in lessening 
their numbers. The large size of the beetles and their sluggish move¬ 
ments favor their being readily noticed and picked from off the vines. 
But their numbers are so immense as to dishearten from attempts to thus 
get rid of them unless some way can be devised to gather them rapidly 
in large quantities. The method that has been resorted to with somo suc¬ 
cess against the blistering flies where they have been numerous on tbe 
