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INJURIOUS INSECTS OF 1903. 



g. Siioitf Beetles giiazciiig off the bark in patelies: 

 IMBRICATED SNOUT BEETLE. 



h "^ a c d 



Fig. 35.— £;*^V(^^I(.v imbricatus. Say. Division of Entomology, U. S. Department of 



Agriculture. 



Remedies: Apply arsenicals either dry or in a spray at the rate of 

 one pound to 100 gallons of water. 



Or, beetles may be jarred, like the Curculio, into receptacle freely 

 saturated with kerosene. Division of Entomology, Bulletin 19, 1899. 



h. Causing Icaz'es and fruit to zvithcr in midsumuier: 



Mostly confined to pear, but also found in apple. A very 

 small beetle, tunnelling- in soft wood. Not to be con- 

 founded with Fire Blisbt. 



PEAR BLIGHT BEETLE. 



Fig. Z^.—Xylcboriis xylographus. Say; female and male Entomology, U. S. Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture. 



Remedies: In June or July, if twigs are blighted, examine for 

 small, pin-like holes made by the beetle. As the larval and pupal life 

 is lived in these burrows, cut ofif the infested twigs and burn. 



