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become less troublesome. In 1869 Mr. T. Glover published 
the fact that the Great Lebia (Ltbia grandis , Hentz,)was found 
devouring its larvae, anu though hitherto considered rare this 
Lebia has suddenly fallen upon it the present year in many 
parts of Missouri. Daring a recent trip along the Missouri 
bottom we found this cannibal very abundant in some potato 
fields belonging to Mr. Wm. Coleman, where it was actively 
engaged in destroying both the eggs and larvae of the potato 
beetles. The head, thorax and legs of this cannibal are yel¬ 
lowish-brown, in high contrast with its dark-blue wing-covers. 
This makes fourteen conspicuous enemies of our Colorado 
potato beetle which we have figured, and a dozen more, mostly 
of small size and inconspicuous markings, might easily be 
added to the list. Moreover, chickens have learned to relish 
the eggs, and have even acquired a taste for the young larvae. 
REMEDIES AGAINST THE COLORADO POTATO BUG. 
It only remains to say something on the most approved 
methods of fighting the Colorado potato bug. A great deal 
may be effected by raising your potatoes at a point as remote 
as possible from any ground where potatoes were raised in the 
preceding year. A great deal may also be accomplished,, 
where there are no other potato patches in the immediate 
neighborhood, by killing every bug found upon the vines in 
the spring as fast as they emerge from the ground. By this 
means the evil is nipped in the bud, and a pretty effectual 
stop is put to the further propagation of the insect. But if 
there are potato patches near by, where no attention is paid to 
destroying the bugs, the bugs will keep perpetually fly¬ 
ing in upon you in spite of all you can do. In such a case 
the old remedy was hand-picking and shaking the vines into a 
pan. It costs much less to dust the vines over, when the dew 
is on them, with White Hellebore powder, which Mr. Graham 
Lee, of Mercer county, III., found to be an effectual remedy, 
and not to cost over $2 or $3 per acre. Tins is the article 
which is sold all over the country under various names, as 
“ Potato-bug Poison,” etc. Care, however, should be taken in 
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