82 DESTKUCTIVE INSECTS OF VICTORIA : 



PLATE VIII. 



"Apple Beetle" (Doticus pestilens. — Oliff). 



Fig. 



1. Stem of apple tree, showing effects of beetle on fruit, the small 



hole in each apple being where the fruit nas been perforated. 

 Natural size. (From nature.) 



2. Larva (or grub). Magnified. (From nature.) 



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



4. Perfect insects. Magnified. (From nature.) 



5. Perfect insect (male). Natural size. (From nature.) 

 oA. Perfect insect (female). Natural size. (From nature.) 



6. Outline of head of perfect insect. Highly magnified. (From 



na*^''re.) 



