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‘incl unon the silk at the tip of the ear until the latter dies, wher 
o f ew of them creep down between the husks, and feed upon thd 
corn itself, while others resort for food to the pollen of such weeds 
in the field as are at that time in blossom. In September and Oc 
tober the eggs are laid in the ground upon or about the roots o 
the corn and most of ,the beetles _ soon after disappear from tb 
field They may ordinarily be found upon the late blooming p a 3 
feeding as usual upon the pollen of the flowers, and also to som 
extent upon molds and other fungi, and upon decaying vegetation 
There can he no doubt that the insect is single -brooded, tha 
it hibernates in the egg as a rule, and that this does not bate] 
until after the ground has been plowed and planted to corn in tb 
spring, probably in May and June.” 
