THE RUST-RED FLOUR BEETLE. 



Usually the beetles appear about the middle of May, and lay 

 their eggs in cracks or crevices in the ground. The grub hatches 

 out and feeds for two or three years, attaining a length of an inch 

 and a half ; when full fed it forms a large cocoon of earth pellets, 

 in which it passes its pupal stage. 



PREVENTATIVE AND REMEDIAL MEASURES. 



Picking the beetles off the plant by hand on dull days, and 

 digging up the ground round rose trees, at the same time allowing 

 poultry to pick up the larvae, are the only effectual remedies I 

 know of. 



The Turnip Flea-Beetle. 



Phyllotreta nemonim, Linn. 



The turnip "fly" or flea-beetle has been reported from all the 

 Midland counties during the past year, but, owing probably to the 

 wet season, it does not seem to have done much damage. 



Fig. 10. The Beetle, natural size and enlarged. Fig. u. Larva, natural size and enlarged 

 PREVENTATIVE AND REMEDIAL MEASURES. 



A one per cent solution of potato-spraying mixture (copper sulphate 

 and lime) has been used by Irish Agriculturists, with very favouable 

 results. On a small patch of turnips, two applications of a mixture 

 of equal parts of sulphur and soot scattered with the hand in the 

 early morning when the dew was on the leaf, succeeded in entirely 

 arresting these troublesome pests. 



The Rust-Red Flour Beetle. 



TriboliiLin ferrugineum, Fabr. 



Specimens of this species were sent in October from a local brewery, 

 having been found in crushed malt. 



The life-history of a closely allied species, T. confiisum, Duv., 

 has been briefly described by Mr. F. H. Chittenden^as follows : 

 "The tiny, clear white eggs are attached to some convenient surface 

 in the cracks or on the sides of the bag, barrel, or other receptacle 

 in which the infested substance is contained. These hatch into 



T U, S. Dept, of Agr. Div. of Entomol., Bull, No, 4, n.s., 1902, p, 114, 



