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    , females, the other sexi generally presenting a. more continuous r
  ? and richer green hue on the back. Beneath, the colors are gener- r
  — · , 4 ally paler with the brown predominating over the green. Length  
  V 0.76 to 0.84 inch. We have no other beetle in tl1e·State at all A
  r . likely to be mistaken for this one except possibly Eurryomta ful- .
  _ ' gida, a member of the same family, but smaller, though of the
  ` same general shape, and brown with bronzy and green reflec—  
  tions. The latter is rather rare, also, whereas the June bug is  
  ' one of our commonest beetles. .  
  Remedial T-reaime—mf.¢l\Iention has already been made of ;
  A the practice of removing the beetles from grapes and corn by  
  hand. After a good deal of experimenting we End that this is l
  about the only .method" that will save crops from severe injury. E
  V It is a simple matter for a boy to pass alonglthe plants with a [
  l bucket containing water bearing a film of coal oil on the surface, l
  I and knock the beetlesiinto it. But it retyuires some watchfulness t
  L during the height of ·the beetle season, because others soon take I
*-Qu. A the places of those removed. Baits of poisoned sirups have not  
  ` proved as alluring as the ripe grapes, and but few beetles were ri
  poisoned by them. Sprays for either grapes of corn are imprac-  
  tieable. Lantern traps are of no service, since, contrary to the l ·
  p     Iogelpfrslrig bqest nranlrials of en;o1rr]ology,1thebbeetlles  
  . . __ _y seem ·o e as s ric y iurna as um e g
  bees. The brown June bug, on the contrary, flies at night, and i
  has lately proved very injurious to forest trees growing in our I
  woodland pastures in early spring. When the grubs are very
  abundant on land it is generally because of the presence of ma-
  nure in it, and often such land is visited by large numbers of
$2 moles, attracted by the grubs. I have known farmers to become
  ‘ alarmed because of the moles present in land under such circum-
  stances. My advice to every one who may have this experience
  . is to let the moles alone. As long as they remain it is the best
ji  of evidence that grubs and earth worms are abundant in the soil. l
  Some years ago we established new forage plant plots on the site  
ii  of an old garden. lt was alive with the grubs, as was evident  
  from the large numbers of trails made by the larvae traveling  
 I over the surface. Moles came in after them, and while they did
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