98 DESTRUCTIVE INSECTS OF VICTORIA : 



sought after by collectors. The genus is an Australian 

 one, and comprises a fair number of species, nearly all 

 of which, in the summer, frequent the flowers of Bursaria, 

 Leptospermum, &c. 



Prevention and Remedies. 



I am indebted to Mr. Giles, late of Nar-nar-goon, Vic- 

 toria, for having first brought the breeding place of this 

 beetle under my notice, he having reared them from the 

 Yellow Box, also from the stunted plant of E. Stuartiana 

 growing in the vicinity. It would appear that saplings 

 are seldom attacked, and, although there are many orchards 

 in the district, it has never so far been known to attack 

 fruit trees. In forests, all the dead and dying branches 

 should, where possible, be sawn away and burnt, so as to 

 kill any larvae or beetles which may be in the affected wood ; 

 the grubs remain for a long time in the wood before they 

 reach the perfect stage, and, as both the male and female 

 are strong fliers, they may soon spread to distant 

 plantations. 



This beetle is also found in New South Wales, and, 

 occasionally, in the Southern parts of Queensland. 



