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on roses, camellias, geraniums, and other ornamental plants in differ- 

 ent portions of the country, particularly in the Eastern States, and 

 more especially in New Jersey, New York, and Massachusetts. Dur- 

 ing the last two 3 T ears this species has been troublesome to roses and 

 carnations, especially in portions of New York and Wisconsin, and in 

 lemon groves in California as well as in Hawaii. 



This insect is destructive in both of its active stages, doing most 

 damage as a larva, when it lives in the soil and feeds upon the roots 

 of its food plants, the beetle practically confining itself to the foliage, 

 flowers, and buds of the plants which it attacks. Although preemi- 

 nently a greenhouse pest in California, particularly in the southern 

 portion, groves of orange and lemon as well as other trees sometimes 

 suffer much injury. 



.DESCRIPTIVE. 





The beetle.— -The adult of this insect is one of the so-called scarred 

 snout-beetles (of the family Otiorhynchidre), and was given its spe- 

 cific name in honor of the 

 late A. S. Fuller. It meas- 

 ures from a quarter to nearly 

 three-eighths of an inch in 

 length, and is of the form 

 shown in figure 24 at c and 

 d. The snout is quite short 

 and scarred at the sides of 

 the mandibles. The head is 

 white, and the abdomen is 

 ovoid. The color is dark 

 dirty brown, and the entire 

 body, including the legs, is 

 lightly covered with gray or 

 pale-brown scales. On each 

 side of the elytra there is a 

 whitish diagonal line. 



The egg. — An egg mass is shown in the illustration at e\ greatly 

 enlarged, the natural size being indicated at the right side. An indi- 

 vidual egg measures about 0.9 mm in length and about one-quarter that 

 in width. It is smooth, soft, and of a pale translucent yellow. The 

 normal form is ellipsoidal, but great variability occurs from the close 

 compression of the eggs, as they are deposited in rows. 



The larva is shown in the illustration at a. It measures about 8 mm 

 in length, is milky white in color; is destitute of organs of locomo- 

 tion, and when in resting position is arched usually about as shown. 



At f the left maxilla of the larva with its palpus is shown; <j illus- 

 trates the under side of the head, and h represents the upper side, 

 these last three figures being much magnified. 



Fig. 24. — Aramigus fuUeri: a, larva; b, pupa; c, beetle, 

 outline side view: d, same, dorsal view, the outline be- 

 tween them showing natural size; e, eggs enlarged and 

 natural size; /, left maxilla with palpus; g, lower side 

 of head of larva; h, upper side of same enlarged (from 

 Riley). 



