262 PESTS OF ORCHARD AND SMALL FRUITS 
The Spotted Pelidnota (Pelidnota punctata Linn.) 
Heavy-bodied, slow-moving beetles 
sometimes are found in considerable 
rated. 
numbers on the leaves of grapes. 
They are an inch long, golden yellow, 
and each wing cover is marked with 
three small black dots, widely sepa- 
The immature stages are 
Fic. 358. —The Spotted Pelidnota. passed in rotting wood. The beetles 
Original. are usually controlled ‘by hand pick- 
ing, but may be poisoned with applica- 
tions of Paris green or arsenate of lead. 
The Light-loving Anomala 
(Anomala lucicola Fab.) 
Occasionally the foliage of grapes is 
riddled by brownish beetles, one third of 
an inch long, in shape and appearance like 
Fic. 359.—The Light-loving 
Fic. 360. — Anomala marginata. 
Enlarged. Original. 
grapes, raspberries or blackberries. It is 
half an inch long and light brownish in 
color. 
Hier eeomne Anomala. Enlarged to twice 
natural size. Original. 
mon June 
beetles, but smaller. The larve live in 
the soil and are not injurious. The 
beetles are readily killed by spraying 
with arsenate of lead or Paris green. 
An allied species, A4nomala marginata 
Fab., is found in the South, where it 
sometimes destroys the foliage of apples, 
is Anomala undulata Mels., one third of an 
inch long, yellowish in color, and marked 
with black. 
Still another species with similar habits | 
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Fic. 361.— Anomala undu- 
The above are pests only at compara- lata. Enlarged. Original. 
