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on roses, caincUias. oeraniums, and other ornamental plants in differ- 

 ent portions of the country, particularl\' in the Eastern States, and 

 more especially in New Jersey, New York, and Massachusetts. Dur- 

 ing the last two years this species has been troublesome to roses and 

 carnations, especially in portions of New York and Wisconsin, and in 

 lemon groves in California as well as in Hawaii. 



This insect is destructive in both of its active stages, doing most 

 damage as a larva, when it lives in the soil and feeds upon the roots 

 of its food plants, the beetle practically contining itself to the foliage, 

 flowers, and buds of the plants which it attacks. Although preemi- 

 nently a greenhouse pest, in California, particularly in the southern 

 portion, groves of orange and lemon as well as other trees sometimes 

 suffer much injury. 



DESCRIPTIVE. 



The heetle. — The adult of this insect is one of the so-called scarred 

 snout-beetles (of the family Otiorhynchidaj), and was given its spe- 

 cific name in honor of the 

 late A. S. Fuller. It meas- 

 ures from a quarter to nearly 

 three-eighths of an inch in 

 length, and is of the form 

 shown in figure ^i at c and 

 d. The snout is quite short 

 and scarred at the sides of 

 the mandibles. The head is 

 white, and the abdomen is 

 ovoid. The color is dark 

 dirty brown, and the entire 

 body, including the legs, is 

 lightly covered with gray or 

 pale-])rown scales. On each 

 side of tlie elytra there is a 

 whitish diagonal line. 



The egg. — An Q,gg mass is shown in the illustration at (\ grea1:ly 

 enlarged, the natural size being indicated at the right side. An indi- 

 vidual egg measures a])ont 0.1»""" in length and about one-quarter that 

 in width. It is smooth, soft, and of a pale translucent yellow. The 

 normal form is ellipsoidal, but great varia1)ility occurs from the close 

 compression of the eggs, as they are deposited in rows. 



TJie larva is shown in the illustration at a. It measures about 8""" 

 in length, is milky white in color; is destitute of organs of locomo- 

 tion, and wdien in resting position is arch(>d usually about as shown. 



Aty the left maxilla of the larva with its jndpus is shown; g illus- 

 trates the under side of the head, and // represents the upper side, 

 these last three figures being much magnified. 



Fig. 24. — Aramigus fuller i: a, larva; b, pupa; c, beetle, 

 outline side view; d, same, dorsal view, the outline be- 

 tween them showing natural size; e, eggs enlarged and 

 natural size; /, left maxilla with palpus; g, lower side 

 of head of larva: h, upper side of same enlarged (from 

 Riley). 



