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FAMILY XXXVrr. — I'LAIFUIH.E. 



(After Forbes.) 



1395 (427!)). Agriotes hanot^s Sny. Jdiini. I'liil. Acad. Nat. Soi.. III. 1S23. 

 171 : ilud. Tl, in. 

 Obloiii,', suheoiivex. Dull bix)wuish- 

 yellow, dusky beneath, sparsely clothed 

 with short yellowish pubescence; head 

 and thorax often fuscous ; tibite and 

 tarsi paler. Tliorax slightly wider than 

 long, sides regularly curved from base 

 to apex ; hind angles short, feebly di- 

 vergent; disk with a shallow median 

 line on basal half. Elytra with sides 

 parallel on basal half, thence gradually 

 rounded to apex ; striate, the strife fine- 

 ly punctate ; intervals nearly flat, finely 

 and transversely wrinkled. Length 7.5- 

 8.5 mm. (Fig. 283.) 



Lake County ; f re(iueiit. INIarch 

 2(i-June 24. Should be found 

 throughout the State. The larva is 

 known as the "wheat wireworni." 

 and is injurious to corn, wheat and other cereals espec ally those grow- 

 ing in low, wet lands. It is a cylindrical, pale brownish-yellow 

 species, having two conspicuous black circular pits near the front 

 MM margin of upper surface of last segment. (Fig. 



! ' 284.) It liores into the stems of corn from the time 



^ ' the latter appears aliove the ground until it is a 



foot or more high, causing the infested stalks to 

 wither ;ind die. Al)()ut tlu^ee years are necessary 

 for the larva to reach maturity, when it pupates in 

 "','"■ earthen cells. If distnrl)ed bv fall ]:)lowing, manv 



'^\ -, cf the ])upa' or matured l)eetles are killed. As yet 



^T^ J, no other effective remedy has been discovered. 



,j , 131X; (42.S0). Agriotes stabilis Lee., Trans. Amer. Phil. 



'^J^ ' -^ Soc, X, 1853, 457. 



^ Elongate, rather robust. Color variable, head and 



thorax usually piceous ; elj^tra often dull red, pubescent; 

 antennte and legs reddish-brown. Thorax one-third longer 

 than wide, sides nearly parallel, rounded in fi-ont; hind 

 angles feebly divergent, not, or very obtusely, carinate; 

 surface distinctly but Hnely punctate in front, very dense- 

 ly and finely punctate behind the middle. p:iytral stria^ 

 Hncly and (leoj)ly puncturetl; intervals fiat, minutely punc- 

 tulatc and with fine transverse wrinkles. Length 9-11 mm. 

 Lcil<e and Steu])en counties; rare. June 17. 

 Beaten from s;iss;ifras. A member of the Alle- 



Fig. 284. (After Forbes.) Sfliauiau faUUa. 



