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C0LE0PTERA. 
enemy is about a quarter-of-an-inch long, and very 
prettily marked ; the eggs are curiously placed end¬ 
ways on the leaves, and often fixed one upon another. 
My asparagus beds are free from these little pests, but 
I have had specimens sent me by friends and seen the 
mischief done by them. 
On Plate VI., Fig. 6 (magnified), will be seen one of the 
biggest rogues in the insect world that the farmer has to do 
Tracks of Scolyti in tiie Elm. 
with. Thisis the Turnip-beetle, popularly termed “ Turnip- 
fly” {Altlea nemorum). It is a small insect, being about the 
eighth-of-an-inch long, and has—like the other species of 
Alticce ,related to it—very thick hind-legs,which enable it 
to leap to a great distance, like fleas. The eggs are laid 
upon the underside of the rough leaf from June to 
September, and hatch in seven or eight days’ time ; the 
larvae live between the cuticles of the rough leaf, and 
in about six days turn to pupce, which bury themselves* 
