GEEEN ROSE CHAFER. 367 



in the garden, as they can dig down with their bills amongst 

 the roots which coukl not otherwise be meddled with, and clear 

 large numbers of the grubs without harming the plants. 



Ihe Eose Chafer when about to deposit her eggs will sweep 

 round on the wing until she sees a suitable spot, and — hardly 

 pausing from her flight — will disappear at once down any 

 crack that may be open in the ground, or into a nook amongst 

 boards, or otherwise ; and the grubs may be found in the 

 decayed wood-soil that accumulates within old hollow trees. 

 It is therefore desirable to remove all wood-rubbish, and also 

 heaps of decaying sawdust that may attract the beetle or 

 shelter the grubs. 



For other remedies, see " Cockchafer," p. 229. 



For notes on Otiorhynchus (weevil) attack to Strawberry 

 plants, and regarding Jidus jndchcllus (the Spotted Millepede), 

 which is excessively injurious to Strawberry fruit, see references 

 in Index. 



