ROSE-BUG, Melonotha subspinosa, a coleopterous insect about * of an inch long, buff yellow color on the back, and white beneath. It has been known in New England between 50 and 60 years. It emerges from the ground about the second week in June, appearing in swarms, remaining a little over a month. The males then die and the females re-enter the earth, lay their eggs, and come again to the surface and die. The eggs, which are about one-thirtieth of an inch in diameter, hatch in about 20 days. when the larva commence to feed upon tender roots, attaining about three-fourths of an inch in length by autumn. They have six short legs, a pair to each of the first three rings behind the head. Iu October they descend into the earth beyond the reach of frost and hibernate till spring, when they gradually come toward the surface, and are in May transformed into pupae, which in June become beetles, dig their way to the surface to feed upon the rose and other plants, and again go through the changes above described. It is during the insect state that they must be attacked for the purpose of reducing their numbers or exterminating them. They should be shaken from the plants and destroyed. Insectivorous 1•:als (.1.r.). destroy great quantities of them.
nos7era::s. TTILLTAM STAMICE, b. Ohio. 1819; graduated at Point, and
became assistant engineer on the fortifications at Hampton Roads. He was professor of engineering and natural philosophy at West Point, 1844-47, and resigned from the army in 1854 to go into business. At the beginning of the war lie volunteered as aid-de-camp to gen. McClellan, then in command of the department of the Ohio. He was soon made brig.gen.. was prominent in the campaign in West Virginia, and took command of that department on the promotion of McClellan to the chief command. Made maj.gen. of volunteers early in 1862, and, commanding the army of the Mississippi, he won the battles of Inka and 6orinth in the fall of that year. Placed in command of the army of the Cumberland, he fought with Bragg at Stone river, Dec. 26, 1862, to Jan. 2, 1863. Hav ing crossed the Tennessee river and the Cumberland mountains he was defeated by Bragg at the battle of Chickamauga, Sept. 19 and 20, and soon afterward was succeeded by gen. Thomas. In 1864 he took command of the department of the Missouri. He resigned from the U. S. army in 1867. He was for a short time minister to Mexico, 1868-69. and was elected to congress from California in 1880.