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the other vegetation wliich sometimes suffers severely. 

 Strawberry beds are quite hkely to suffer. Tliere are no 

 satisfactory remedies. About tlie only thing that could be 

 of much use is attention at the time of egg deposition. Ai)pli- 

 cation of kerosene has been reported in some cases as suc- 

 cessful on small areas such as lawns or parts of park land. 



Rose-chafer (Macrofhicff/Ius subsinnosus, Fab.). — ^The rose- 

 chafer is a small, yellowish-brown beetle, about one-third 

 of an inch in length, with very long legs. It occurs in great 



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Fig. 132. — Rose-chafer {Macrodactylus suhspinosus): a, female beetle; 

 ?», anterior part of male; c, pygidium of male; rf, abdomen of male; f, pupa: 

 /, larva. All enlarged. (From Riley, Div. Ent., U. S. Dept. Ag.) 



numbers at the time of the blossoming of the garden rose, 

 and will in a couple of weeks entirely strip the bushes of 

 blossoms, leaves, and fruit. It also attacks the grape, 

 apple, pear, cherry, peach, and other fruit trees, but is 

 especially injurious to the rose and grape. 



The ravages of the rose-chafer are common in eastern 

 United States and Canada. The date of the first appearance 

 of the rose-chafer varies with the season but it is usually 

 as early as the first of June. They begin mating imme- 



