Bui. 1267, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture 



Plate II 



The Rough-Headed Corn Stalk-Beetle 



A, Adult; B, egg when first deposited, inclosed within a ball of earth, the latter broken open to 

 show egg within; C, egg after development has begun; D, end view of egg just before hatching 

 (the dark area is the mandible of the larva showing through the eggshell) ; E, lateral view of 

 egg just before hatching; F, larva shortly after hatching. (A, photogiaphed by J. H. Paine; 

 B-F, by W. J. Phillips) 



