Bul. 1267, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture PLATE ll 
THE ROUGH-HEADED CORN STALK-BEETLE 
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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); 2, lateral view of 
egg just before hatching; /’, larva shortly after hatching. (A, photographed by J. H. Paine; 
B-F, by W.J. Phillips) 
