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Park, Dolores, and Aspen, of this State. Prof. Webster, formerly of 
Purdue University, Ind., in the Indiana Horticultural Transactions 
for 1890, reports this insect as attacking sugar beets, corn, potatoes and 
beans in that State. Prof. Bruner, of the University of Nebraska, 
in the Fifth Annual Report of the Nebraska Agricultural Experi¬ 
ment Station, p. 60, speaks of it as being most injurious of all the 
flea-beetles that attack the sugar beet. Mr. J. F. Wielandy, Santa 
Fe, N. M., in “ Insect Life,” Vol. III., page 122, reports this beetle as 
injurious to beans in his locality, and Dr. Riley, in replying to 
Mr. Wielandy’s letter, states that the beetle is particularly injurious 
Fig. 9. 
to the Cucurbitacese (melons, squashes, cucumbers, etc.). Prof. 
James Cassidy, in Bulletin 6 of this Station, reported the same in¬ 
sect as injurious to potatoes, beans, tomatoes, and beets. We have 
taken this beetle at Fort Collins during the past two summers feed¬ 
ing on potatoes, beets, alfalfa, lettuce, parsnips, egg plant, summer 
savory, and the following garden w’eeds: *Jw axillaris (poverty 
weed), Iva xanthiifolia, Salvia lanceolata, Verbena hracteosa, Solarium 
triflorum, Solarium rodratum, Helianthus annuus (sunflower), Helian- 
thus petiolaris, Portulaca oleracea (purslane), Amarantus blitoides (tum¬ 
ble weed), Chenopodium spp. (pig weed). 
* The specific determinations of plants mentioned in this bulletin have been made mostly 
by Prof. C. S. Crandall, of this Station. 
