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DESTRUCTIVE INSECTS OF VICTORIA : 



PLATE VI. 



"Apple-root Borer" (Leptops Hopei). 

 Fig. 



1. Portion of apple stem. (From nature.) 



2. Portion of root, showing larvae at work. (From nature.) 



3. Larvae (or grub). Natural size. (From nature.) 



4. Perfect insect. Natural size. (From nature.) 



4a. Perfect insect; side view. Natural size. (From nature.) 



5. Showing singular mandible-like process. Magnified. (From 



nature.) 



6. Transverse sections of roots. Natural size. (From nature.) 



7. Antennse of perfect insect, showing joints. Magnified. (From 



nature.) 



