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white larvse, very similar to those of the preceding species only 

 slightly larger, feed during the winter on the tender rootlets of the 

 canes, as well as upon weeds, and other bush and ground fruit. The 

 pupa lies in a case of earth close to the surface of the ground. 



The same methods of prevention and treatment apply for this 

 weevil as for the preceding species. 



ElSFEKENCES. 



(1) Theobald, F. V. Journal S. E. Agri. Coll., No. 6, p. 22 (1897). 



(2) Ormerod, E. A. ' Handbook of Insects Injurious to Orchard and Bush 



Fruits,' p. 210 (1898). 



(3) Theobald, F. V. Journal S. E. A. Coll., p. 130, No. 13 (1904). 



(4) Whitehead, Sir C. ' Insects Injurious to Fruit Crops,' p. 16 (1886). 



(5) Theobald, F. V. The Plum or Red-Legged Weevils, Journal of Horticulture, 



Sept. 19 (189.5). 



(6) Fowler, Canon. 'British Coleoptera,' vol. V., p. 172 (1891). 



(7) Theobald, F. V. Journ. S. E. A. Coll., No. 13, p. 133 (1904). 



THE ROSE OR GREEN CHAFER. 



(Oetonia aurata. Curtis.) 



Very frequently we find this common pest attacking and devouring 

 the leaves and blossom of the raspberry and strawberry amongst its 

 host of other food plants. Several case.s have been reported of its 

 larvffi killing the canes by devouring the roots of both fruits as well 

 as those of many other plants. 



It is not as common as the Cock Chafer, but nevertheless often 

 does much damage. Whitehead (1) records it attacking raspberries, 

 " into whose roots it had made great inroads, causing the plants to 

 flag." On two occasions the lavvaj have been sent me from the south 

 of England working in a similar way, and I have personally noticed 

 the beetles feeding on the blossom and leaves in Huntingdonshire 

 and in Kent, and doing far more harm than the Cock Chafers, being 

 very ravenous feeders in bright sunny weather. 



This beetle is well known to rose-growers, and its larvas also do 

 harm in vine borders. It has been recorded attacking and stripping 

 the leaves of currants and beans (2). Blossoms such as pear, apple, 

 privet and turnip are also damaged (1). The larvasare very powerful 

 and resemble those of the chafers ; their mandibles are so strong that 

 they can cut through the thick stems of strawberries and eat away 

 large patches in the roots of vines, apples, damsons and plums. In 

 the case of raspberry attack they cause the whole plant to wilt and 

 the fruit soon falls off. 



