112 TPI1-: STRAW r.i-.KK^ \\i;i:\iL i x m i xxi^sota 



llu- niandihk's and tarsal claws sIkiw throui^h the ])U!)al skin. A 

 little later the proboscis and elytra l)ecome darker than the rest 

 ol the body, and a day or two l)efore emeroing_, the jHipa becomes 

 dark colored. The beak rests on the \enter of the boch- with the 

 lei^s drawn u]) at the sides. The elytra cur\e towards the \enter. 

 A round spiracle is \isible just posterior to each eve. The hairs 

 appear to rise from small tubercles, there beino' a pair of \er\- small 

 ones just anterior to the eyes, with a larger ])air l)et\\een the eyes. 

 Another pair of hairs is found on the beak just above the insertion of 

 the antennae, with a minute pair a little farther down the beak. 

 From a dorsal as])ect three ])airs are \isible on the anterior mari^in 

 of the prothorax ; a large ])air on the mesoscutum and four pairs 

 on the metascutum. ScA-eral s])ines occur on the abdomen, among 

 which the lateral ones are more ])rominent than the oth'-rs. The 

 last abdominal segment is prolonged into a pointe(l ])rocess liearing 

 two prominent brownish spines (Fig. 3. IT 5). 



Larva. 



( iMg. 5. I'l. 1.) Length, 1.7-2.2 mm., width. 1 mm., width of 

 head 0.4 to 0.') nun. C'olor greenish white or whitish, sometimes 

 mixed with patches of reddish ])rown and with a. reddish stri])e on 

 the dorsum. Xearlv cxdindrical ])Ut slightK' flattened on \enter. 

 with the abdomen curxed \entrall_\\ .\n;d segment '-omewhat 

 lighter in color than the others, dorsiun slrough wrinkled, with 

 the venter smooth. W hen nearl\- read}' to pupate, the lar\a becomes 

 cream colored, swellings appear on \enter of thorax, v.ml the body 

 becomes straighter. llead about as long as broad, light yellowish; 

 front yellowish; ei)istoma and mandibles darker; ei)icranial suture 

 extending nearh- to eiu'stoma. ,\ntennae minute, one-jointed, situ- 

 ated at base of mandible. The dark brown mandible is bidentate. 

 A small black e_\-e spot laterad to the antennae. I'.ody ot kuwa 

 cox'erecl with many fme hairs. 



The Egg. 

 The egg measures about .35 mm. long 1)\- .4') mm. wide and is 

 elli])tica] in form, although the shape and size \;iry considerably. 

 It is smooth with no \isible markings ( k'ig. 3. I'l. 1). 



LIFE HISTORY AND HABITS. 



The Adult. 

 Feeding habits in the spring.- ( )n May 3. l"d(i. the weexils 

 A\ere found in large numbers in an old patch, and the young tender 

 lea\es were consi)icuouslv dotted with small punctures on the un- 



