and shallowly punctured. Elytra oblong-oval, at base two-thirds wider 

 than thorax, striae feebly impressed, their punctures coarse ; intervals 

 flat, coarsely rugose, sparsely and finely punctate. Length 2.5 — 3 mm." 

 [1/10 to % inch.] 



EGG 



The egg is about .7 mm. (1/35 inch) long, and about half as thick, 

 pearly white, with ends rather abruptly rounded. It is deposited by the 

 beetle within the midvein or one of the larger veins of the leaf and 

 hence can not be seen unless it is very carefully dissected from the leaf 

 tissues. 



Flo. 3. Full-grown larva of the apple flea-weevil, seen from above. 

 (Magnified 25 diameters.) 



LARVA 



The larva when full grown measures about one-fifth of an inch in 

 length, and is about one-fourth as broad at its widest part. Fr6ni the 

 head backward the sharply defined segments gradually increase in width 



