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roses. The Summer Chafer (iihizotrogus solstitiahs), a 

 somewhat similar, but smaller kind to the last, also feeds 

 on the foliage and blooms. These beetles feed in the 

 evening, as a rule. Then there is the Garden Chafer 

 (Phyllopertha horticola), a reddish-brown and greenish 

 beetle, which commonly infests rose bushes during the 

 summer. It feeds by day. 



Remedies. — Search for the beetles on dull days or in 

 the evening. There is no other v/ay of dealing with them. 

 Any fat grubs found in the soil should be promptly de- 

 stroyed . 



THE JLWK BUG ^PHYLLOPERTHA HORTICOLA). 



Leaf-cutting: Bee (Megachile centuncularis).— This 

 bee produces a similar spoliation of the foliage to the 

 Antler Sawfly. It very carefully nips out of the edges of 

 the leaves circular pieces, with which it builds its nest. 

 It does its work neater and with more exactness than the 

 Sawfly, and makes no perforations. 



Remedies. — The best remedy is to catch the bee with a 

 butterfly-net ; it possesses a sting. Or, trace the bee 

 to its nest and pour paraffin in the hole. 



Leaf Hoppers — The Frog Hopper, or Cuckoo Spit 

 (Philsenus spumarius) produces yellowish, active larvae, 



