. The Bermuda islands. An account of their scenery, climate, productions, physiography, natural history and geology, with sketches of their discovery and early history, and the changes in their flora and fauna due to man. Natural history. 789 A. E. Verrill—The Bermuda Islands. S11 [Dlabrotica vittata). We were also told that the potatoes are often injai-ed by a leaf-beetle, but could not obtain authentic specimens of it. According to the notes of Miss Hayward, an insect, appar- ently of this family, proves very destructive to the foliage of the arrow-root some seasons, sometimes destroying who


. The Bermuda islands. An account of their scenery, climate, productions, physiography, natural history and geology, with sketches of their discovery and early history, and the changes in their flora and fauna due to man. Natural history. 789 A. E. Verrill—The Bermuda Islands. S11 [Dlabrotica vittata). We were also told that the potatoes are often injai-ed by a leaf-beetle, but could not obtain authentic specimens of it. According to the notes of Miss Hayward, an insect, appar- ently of this family, proves very destructive to the foliage of the arrow-root some seasons, sometimes destroying whole fields of it. Grape-vine Flea-heetle. 162. (Graptodera chalyhea (Illig.). Figure Of the Flea-beetles, the only one identified in our collection is the steel-blue Grape-vine Flea-beetle [Haltica (or Graptodera) chalyhea Illig.), fig. 159, which feeds on the leaves of the grapevine and woodbine, but Mr. Bishop reports other species. 162. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Verrill, A. E. (Addison Emery), 1839-1926. New Haven, Conn. , The author


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