240 THE MONTHLY BULLETIN. 



FULLER'S ROSE BEETLE. 



Aramigus fulleri Horn (Family Otiorhyuchidsie). 

 (Fig. 237.) 



General Appearance. — The adults vary from gray to very dark 

 brown in color and from three eighths to one half an inch in length. 

 The eggs are about one twentieth of an inch long, pale yellow and 

 laid in rows. The larvje are milky white and without legs. The 

 pupffi are also white. 



Life History. — The eggs are laid in clusters in secluded places on 

 the trunks of trees or at the base of the trees or 

 plants often close to the ground. The young white 

 grubs are subterranean in their habits, doing great 

 damage to the roots of many plants. The adults 

 when seen during the day are very sluggish. They 

 have no power of flight. Much damage is done to 

 rose weeviiT Amwi- pl^nts bv this pest uuknown to' the farmer, owing 

 gus fulleri Horn. to the fact that the larvfe work underground and the 



Natural size at left. -^ ^, n -, , • i . 



(After Riley.) adults feed at night. 



Distribution. — Throughout the entire State, particularly harmful 

 in the central and southern parts. 



Food Plants. — Foliage of citrus trees, roses, oaks, camellias, palms, 

 Canna indica and the roots of strawberries. Young or newly budded 

 citrus trees are often greatly damaged by this pest. 



Control. — The larvae, like all subterranean pests, are difficult to con- 

 trol, but thorough cultivation and hoeing close to the plants are great 

 aids. In light sandy soil, carbon bisulficl is efficient. The adults being 

 unable to fly are easily kept from trees by means of a cotton or tanglefoot 

 band around the trunk, but are very troublesome to low plants and 

 bushes where such methods are impracticable. Poison sprays such as 

 asenate of lead must be resorted to in such cases to save the foliage. 



THE ROSE SNOUT BEETLE. 



Rln/iichifes hicolur Fab. (Family Rliyneliitidae). 

 (Fig. 238.) 



General Appearance. — A small bright red snout beetle, with head, 

 snout and legs black. The average length of the females is about one 

 inch. The males are noticeably smaller than the females. 



Life History. — The beetles hibernate over winter in sheltered places 

 and appear early in the spring. The females roll up the edges of the 

 leaves into small pockets like miniature thimbles into which the eggs 

 are laid and the young reared. The larv^ and adults feed upon the 

 foliage, the latter also puncture the fruit of blackberries and rasp- 

 berries with their snouts or bills. 



Distribution — Especially abundant in the Sacramento and San 

 Joaquin valleys and in the Sierra foothills. 



