SCARRED SNOUT-BEETLES. 



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by jarring the trees, as is done in the case of the plum-curculio 

 described later. The illustration (Fig. 191), shows both shape 

 and size of this beetle and that of the egg and larva. 



Mr. Chittenden describes the life-history in one of the ad- 

 mirable bulletins of the Division of Entomology, issued by the 

 Department of Agriculture. He writes that these beetles are 

 sometimes very destructive to strawberry plants-, eating the leaves, 



Fig. 191. — Epicserus imbricatus, Say. — Division of Entomology, U. S. Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture. 



and later the entire stem. "The eggs are elongate, more than 

 three times as long as wide, somewhat variable in outline owing 

 to close deposition, sub-cylindrical, sometimes slightly curved on 

 one side, broadly rounded at each end, surface smooth, shining 

 without any apparent sculpture; color light dull yellow." The 

 young larva, when first hatched, is uniform whitish-yellow. 



THE GRAY ANAMETIS. 



(Anatnetis grisea Horn). 



This is another beetle, (Fig. 192, Plate II), last season dis- 

 covered for the first time in our orchards to be injurious to the 

 apple, in the leaves of which it eats large holes ; it likewise eats 

 the tender bark of the same tree. It has the peculiar habit of 

 hiding in the folds of a leaf during the day, on the underside, and 

 is here difficult to detect, as its silvery white color blends well 

 with the white down of the leaves. It is easily beaten into an in- 



