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pair of legs on each of the three segments next to the head, and can 

 walk or drag themselves along at pleasure. The specimens sent me 

 moved fairly rapidly. 



The method of life is for the eggs to be laid in the ground, where 

 the maggots hatch, and feed on the roots of (apparently) any kind of 

 plant. Their favourite working-ground is at the roots of Grass in 

 pastures ; but they also attack roots of various kinds of corn, and 

 Clover ; amongst garden crops they do not except various kinds of Cab- 

 bage ; and amongst harder rooted plants they are injurious to Rose 

 roots, and have even been found at Pine roots. Formerly it was 

 thought that they lived (or might live) for three years in maggot state, 

 but from more recent observations it is considered that they do not 

 live thus for quite a whole year. They are stated to lie usually about 

 an inch below the surface, but when autumn cold comes on, or when 

 they are about to change to pupal condition, to go deeper. The pupa 

 or chrysalis is pale colour, and formed in an earth-cell. 



The beetles are of the size of that figured in act of walking at page 

 6. The head and fore body are of a glossy bright or dark green, " some- 

 times with a violet tinge " ; under side and legs greenish black, and wing- 

 cases bright chestnut ; the horns rusty or chestnut coloured, termi- 

 nating in a three-leaved club or fan of a pitchy colour. These Chafers 

 live on many kinds of leafage, and are especially injurious to Apple and 

 other kinds of orchard trees, where they are not only (in bad infesta- 

 tions) ruinous to leafage, but attack the fruit itself whilst it is still very 

 young. They are especially injurious to Rose blossoms, — in fact when 

 they come in the vast numbers, in which they occasionally appear, are 

 a severe visitation. In their outbreak at Haslemere last season, it was 

 noted that this " Rose Chafer " badly attacked Apples, Cherries, and 

 Plums. The Apples were especially injured, the remnants of leaves 

 left on looking as though they were scorched ; many of the young 

 Apples were also destroyed. The whole Cherry crop was consumed. 

 The air seemed full of Chafers, but the attack soon passed. 



Prevention and Remedies. — The simplest and best remedy turns 

 on the flight time of these Garden or Rose Chafers being in the sun- 

 shine, or heat of the day. This is noticed in German preventive 

 observation. Dr. Taschenburg observes, with regard to beating them 

 down, that in this operation it is to be borne in mind that these little 

 Garden Chafers are more active than the Cockchafers, and fly about 

 freely in the sunshine. 



In a note with which I was favoured on the 22nd of June, by Mr. 

 Allen Chandler, from Bunch Lane, Haslemere, Surrey, regarding the 

 great appearance of these Chafers in that neighbourhood last season, 

 he mentioned that he noticed "that these beetles never fly when the 



