I {! !• (l '' i' (! ... ... ~7~1 ; iThe'Conne^tiiut'' fatxhrjara-,'jn/;;'tlie ■ ' UpitedLStatea, Hfe, -fit'u'aj&i^ in L a oqndition of puinial; excUeaient^owißg . l;|oj ihe-appear^nce in- -tho^ Stite'«f fa . " hitbertoiuuokdO^o ibu^V: .wLiciu< is eo|ramitting great ravages in; their corn-,. fields. l The creature'ia- deaeribed-as a " pood-sized, aix-legged,.. evil-looking larger and much,,,flatter.. nthjatf tnerpo^ato^b'ug 1 '; inlc'oipur brown, having atwitffr'bo^y t'aij<s a very eroaH: tteait, iheUttir provided with a pdir^qf ~Am&\£* shapes or feelprs.'A .'Th^bug Segiqp otaya^eh' at th^jp; eridtof ,tha) ear ©f com . and devootaitbe, kertieia afft he^wwk'i -onward ktowards - thejbu^ ;leavjng;;iu; his track ;on!jra< L dirty ;:m^s q| bro^vn' huskj o jpf!,^e' aeperate keroeis aiter having devoured', .Ahe,§jjb^ta^ce |(r f;aß.(fisiifesred^ M*] liew;<bug'ii3ijgoiog:ito 'roJiut thre'i corn J Sal extensiVery^s tnq'^a^ ji ba^Ba^iii'so: many quarters ruined the potato crop Mb presence will( bd a'^reWtfer> oalamiiy thaouiaaytbia'g; -ihat; j feiae iiydc-; beeii' 'hrea^nedlbj/f^tfteaay «iiß pVasL'. ■so, deat't;uqiiire,:are •j^|>.;'jpowfro l.6f.:l^;l.6f.:l^; on w^leooiß-aWangeri ih^fieida of cora arje ruined in almost a single day;'< Ajcr-es bf' gr^Bs liod 1 . , b e» f*fe.ed'i/pJi ,tbd irootß,, having,;Jbe^VsHi' "cut by the bug/whicb i^fites likrllgbt-: :i8!. ■$$*$$$• pqints. Under a magnifier"if!*, paw. to be b^att(ifnl|y.fe»sh{sred ;*ndiß|»o<i:t jWHbou'i fealur'es of cdtfai^rable in't^risl/f to!jQßt^rftliatar.^and- others, wh.o.ja'k^; delight in!) loMbaopip iaagpta, . ,' ," '.!'',
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIII, Issue 274, 26 November 1878, Page 4
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