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INJURIOUS INSECTS OF 1903. 



Eating holes in the half-ripe fruit. 

 ROSE CHAFER. 



Fig. 81. — Macrodactylns subspinosus, Fab. — After Division of Entomology, U. S. De- 

 partment of Agriculture. 



Remedies: Jarring, as for curculio. Frequent cultivation, com- 

 mencing early in spring, and fall plowing, will measurably decrease the 

 pests. 



KEY TO PEAR INSECTS. 



A. Attacking the Root: 



Large yellowish-white borer, with a brown head, boring 

 holes in the roots. 



BROAD-NECKED PRIONUS. 



Remedies: See page 51. 



