132 QUINCE CULTURE. 
the base of the thorax above. ‘The wing-covers have 
seven narrow longitudinal elevations, with two rows of 
dots between them. Its piercer is folded under the 
thorax when not in use. It feeds on the quince both in 
the larva and imago, burying itself entirely in the fruit. 
Occasionally it attacks the pear. 
In May the beetles come from the chrysalids, pair, and 
commence laying their eggs in June. In piercing the 
s fruit they make a cylindrical hole 
a little larger than the egg, and 
enlarged at the base. In this 
the egg is laid, and hatches in 
a few days. The larva burrows 
through the growing fruit near 
the surface, seldom penetrating to 
Fig. 119.—quincE cuncurro the core. At maturity it leaves 
(Greally Enlarged). the fruit through a cylindrical 
opening, after which it buries itself in the earth two 
or three inches deep, aud remains unchanged till the 
following May, when it pupates and becomes a beetle. 
Remedies.—Jarring the beetles off the trees on sheets 
and killing them, if thoroughly done, will prove effective. 
Gathering and destroying the fruit that falls, or that 
which does not fall if it has been stung, will be helpful in 
destroying them. 
There are several caterpillars besides those named that 
prey on the leaves of the quince, which we have not yet 
been able to name with certainty. One isa large and 
nearly black caterpillar ; and another is small, and mot- 
tled like some of the span worms. 
