. The American entomologist and botanist. (;i>((.) shiny lirnwii Is there a grape-grower in United Stateswho does not know, to his sorrow, wliat theGrape-vine Flca-beellc is ? Hardly one! Andyet how few ever connect it with its disgustinglittle shiny brown larvx, which generally i>rovcstill more injurious than (he beetle, by riddlingthe leaves in the middle of summer. ThetJrape-vine Flea-beetle (Ifig. 201, d) oftengoes by the cognomen of Steel-blue ISeclle,and is even dubbed -Thrips by some viiie-yardists. The latter term, as most of our readers arc well aware, is entirely in
. The American entomologist and botanist. (;i>((.) shiny lirnwii Is there a grape-grower in United Stateswho does not know, to his sorrow, wliat theGrape-vine Flca-beellc is ? Hardly one! Andyet how few ever connect it with its disgustinglittle shiny brown larvx, which generally i>rovcstill more injurious than (he beetle, by riddlingthe leaves in the middle of summer. ThetJrape-vine Flea-beetle (Ifig. 201, d) oftengoes by the cognomen of Steel-blue ISeclle,and is even dubbed -Thrips by some viiie-yardists. The latter term, as most of our readers arc well aware, is entirely inapplicable.*The former name is not sutflciently character-istic, because the color varies from steel-blue tometallic-green and purple, and because thereare many other tlca-beetles to which it wouldequally apply. The (irapc-viue Flea-beetle is found in allparts of the United States and in the Caiiadas,and it habitually tceds on the Alder {Jlniin scr-rukitn), as well as upon the wild and Its depredations seem tirst l
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