RESPBOtTNGt the Colorad > beetle, the following letter appears in the Napier 'Daily Telegraph' of the 26sli alt : "Sir.---This, insect has ainm* m for the last two yeara in Mr William Stark'a potato garden at Mohoka. A. geatlemon from Canada recogoiaed it the same peat tbey were suffaring front there. Its habits are nocturnal, sleeping about the root of the plant by day. fhe> siokley smell of "the house bag is infi. nitely inteusiiied in this insect.—l am, &a.. VUXOR. Mofeftkf, tferiember 24
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Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 830, 11 October 1877, Page 2
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82Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 830, 11 October 1877, Page 2
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