. The American entomologist. Entomology. Colors—Black, edged with blue. Color—Dull black. they taay for the future be recognized without much difficulty.* There ai-e ten or twelve other Beetles, mostly of small size, which have the same habits as the above; but, as they would not be readily identified from an uncolored drawing, we omit them for the present. Remedies against tlio Colorado Potato-l)Qg. It only remains to say something on the most approved method of fighting the Colorado Potato- bug. Agreatdealmaybe effected by raising your potatoes at a point as remote as possible from any groun
. The American entomologist. Entomology. Colors—Black, edged with blue. Color—Dull black. they taay for the future be recognized without much difficulty.* There ai-e ten or twelve other Beetles, mostly of small size, which have the same habits as the above; but, as they would not be readily identified from an uncolored drawing, we omit them for the present. Remedies against tlio Colorado Potato-l)Qg. It only remains to say something on the most approved method of fighting the Colorado Potato- bug. Agreatdealmaybe effected by raising your potatoes at a point as remote as possible from any ground, where potatoes were raised in the •Fig, i5is the Virginian Tiger-beetle (Tetracha virginica Hojje), rig. 46 istlie Fierj'Ground-beetle (Calosoma calidum, Fabr.), Fig. 47 is the Ground-beetle [Pasimaclms elongatus, Lee), and Fig. 48 the Murky Ground-beetle (Harpaius caliginosus, Say). preceding year. A great deal may also be ac- complished, whore thei-e are no other potato jiatches in the immediate neighborhood, by kill- ing 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 biid, and a prett)'' effectual stop is put to the further pro- pagation of the insect. But if there are potato patches near by, where no attention is paid to destroying the bugs, the bugs will keep jierpetu- ally flying 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 ^Vliite Hellebore jpowder, wliich Ml-. Graham Lee, of Mercer county. Ills., found to be an effectual remedy, and not to cost over $2 or $3 per acre (Prairie Farmer, March 14, 1868). This is the article which is sold all over the country under various names, as "Potato-bug Poison," &c. Care, however, should be taken in using it nou to allow any of it to get into the eyes or nose, as it is a virul
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