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male overlap one another like tiles on a roof. It is very 

 similar in appearance to the broad-necked prionus, but the 

 two species may be distinguished by the difference in the 



Pig. 235. 



number of the joints in their antennae : in ivibricornis tne 

 male has about nineteen joints, and the female about sixteen, 

 while in laticoUis both sexes have twelve-jointed antennae. 

 Any remedial measures useful for one species will be equally 

 applicable to the other. 



No. 124. — The Grape-vine Root-borer. 



^gei'ia polistiformis Harris. 

 This larva resembles that of the peach-tree borer. No. 97, 

 in appearance and habits, but is a little larger in size. The 

 larvae of the Prionus beetles have only six legs, while this 

 Egerian larva, in common with most lepidopterous insects, 

 has sixteen legs, — six horny ones 

 on the anterior segments, and ten Fig. 2.3fi 



fleshy or membranous ones on the 

 hinder segments, — and when full '■■'^'**=*^~ - 

 grown it measures from an inch to 

 an inch and a half in length. (See Fig. 236.) It lives ex- 

 clu.Bively under ground, and consumes the bark and sap-wood 

 of the grape-roots, eating irregular furrows into their sub- 



