RASPBERRY AND STRAWBERRY PESTS. 



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Raspberry Beetle (Byturus tomentosus).— The 

 Piaspberry Beetle is a small insect, rarely exceeding one- 

 sixth of an inch in length. It gains its specific name of 

 tomentoisus from the grey or yellowish down with which 

 it is so thickly clothed, and which forms so dense a cover- 

 ing as to conceal the real colour of the insect's body. The 

 actual colouring of the beetle varies considerably through 

 many shades of brown, from a yellowish tint to quite a 

 deep pitchy colour. The slightly-clubbed antennne and the 



T?ASPBEI?RY BEETLE (BYTURUS TOMENTOSUS). 

 A, beetle flying; B, at r&st; C, larva; all magnified. 



leg of the beetle are a ruddy yellow colour, and for its size 

 the little insect has a comparatively large pair of fore- 

 wings, which are folded away under the wing-cases when 

 the beetle is at rest. When full-grown the larvae of the 

 Raspberry Beetle measure from five-eighths of an inch 

 to one -quarter of an inch in length. Their bodies are 

 cylindrical, slightly flattened in front, the. posterior extre- 

 mity ending in two brown, curved points, beneath which 



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