INJURIOUS AND BENEFICIAL INSECTS OF CALIFORNIA. 



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beetles are commonly called billbugs or granary weevils and do much 

 damage to growing and stored crops and cereals. 



4 and 5. Ipidce and Scolytidce. — The last abdominal segment of both 

 sexes is also undivided, but the pygidium is horizontal and the tibiae 

 usually serrate. The members are mostly borers and wood engravers 

 and do much damage to growing trees and to manufactured wood 

 products. 



6. Rhynchitidce. — The members of tbis family have the elytra or 

 wing-covers feebly folded and the mandibles toothed on the outer and 

 inner sides. This is a small family of which the most common mem- 

 ber is the rose snout-beetle which is quite injurious to roses through- 

 out the country. 



THE ADALERES 

 Adaleres ovipennis Casey 212 (Family Otiorhynehidae) 



(Fig. 290) 



Description.— The weevils are a uniform gray color of a pepper and 

 salt combination. The size varies considerably, but the average is about. 



Fig. 290. — The Adaleres, Adaleres ovipennis Casey. Adults, 

 egg-mass and peach leaf showing injury. Enlarged twice. 

 Specimens received from C. L. Flint, San Luis Obispo. (Orig- 

 inal) 



7-18 inch in length and \ inch in width. The eyes are black and very 

 small. The snout is wide and short, and with the head is no longer 



2l =A closely allied species occurring in the southern part of the State is Adalert a 

 humeralis Casey. It is also likely to become destructive to fruit trees. 



