THE IMPORTED ELM LEAF-BEETLE. \) 



trating larva and pupa, and anatomical details. More recent]}' M. 

 Maurice Girard* has given a rather poor wood-cut illustration of the in- 

 sect and its work, with the leading facts concerning its nomenclature 

 and natural history as observed in Europe. Biological notes on the in- 

 sect have also been given by Leinwebert and Kollar.j 



Fig. 1.— Galervca xanthomelava; a, epgs; b. laixse; r. adult; e. epps (enlarged) : /, sculpture of 

 ■eggs: g, larva (enlarged) : h, side view of greatly enlarged segment of larva; ?'. dorsal view of same ; 

 7, pupa (enlarged) ; k, beetle (enlarged) ; I, poitibn of elytron of beetle (greatly enlarged). 



In our country the life-history of the insect and its injury have been 

 referred to by Harris, Fitch, Morris, Walsh, and ourselves, while the 

 agricultural papers contain numerous references to the injury inflicted 

 by the insect. The perfect beetle has often been described in systematic 

 works on Coleoptera. 



For these reasons we deem it unnecessary to enter here into a detailed 

 -description of the beetle and its earlier stages, but content ourselves 

 with pointing out the more obvious characters, alluding to such tacts of 

 the life-history as are necessary to a full understanding of the nature of 

 the remedies to be applied for this pest. 



The eggs are deposited in an upright position upon the under side o\' 

 | the leaves (Fig. 1 a), always in a group, consisting generally o( two. 

 rarely three, more or less ii regular rows. The individual eggs are close 



* Note stir la Gal<5ruquede Torino, Bull. dTnsectologie Agricole, VIII, pp. 113-116. 

 t Verhandlungen zool.-bot., Ges., Wien, 1856, VI, Sitzb., pp.74, ~:>. 

 t Op. cit., 1858, VIII, pp.29, SO. 



