. Ontario Sessional Papers, 1907, Fig. 7.—The Blue AsparagusBeetle. Kniargeil 8 times.(After Chittenden, Agrie.) Fig. 8.—The 12-SpottedAsparaguF Beetle. En-larged S times). After(Chittenden, ) Both beetles are often to be found on the same plant and may easily be re-cognized, one (fig. 8) being of a reddish-orange colour with 12 round blackspots on the wing covers; the other (fig. 7) is of a shining blue-black colourwith white blotches on the wing-covers. These vary a good deal in size andshape and sometimes form a cross of the ground colour on the back. The
. Ontario Sessional Papers, 1907, Fig. 7.—The Blue AsparagusBeetle. Kniargeil 8 times.(After Chittenden, Agrie.) Fig. 8.—The 12-SpottedAsparaguF Beetle. En-larged S times). After(Chittenden, ) Both beetles are often to be found on the same plant and may easily be re-cognized, one (fig. 8) being of a reddish-orange colour with 12 round blackspots on the wing covers; the other (fig. 7) is of a shining blue-black colourwith white blotches on the wing-covers. These vary a good deal in size andshape and sometimes form a cross of the ground colour on the back. Theypass the winter in the adult state and are ready to attack the asparagus shoots 45 REPORT OF No. U as soon as they appear above ground in the spring. Like many other hiber-nating insects, they take shelter under rubbish, and thus afford anotherargument for clearing up and burning all garden refuse in the autumn. The Parsnip Borer {Depressaiia hcracUana, De (ieer) is an old enemy,though not a very common one, of the second years growth
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