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those on elytra; elytron normally with a medio-lateral patch of whitish scales 
and a spot of similar scales on humerus; opposite humerus on prothorax an 
incomplete whitish vitta that usually consists of a short stripe in basal third 
and a spot at about apical third; flank of elytron a little paler than dorsum; 
dorsal setae mostly prostrate except on apical half of elytron. 
Rostrum and head together arcuate in profile, nasal plate distinct, median 
groove not quite reaching vertex, vertex slightly prominent; funicular segment 2 
longer than 1 (about 4 to 3). Prothorax wider than long, hind margin broadly 
subangulate opposite elytral humerus, side margin slightly emarginate near 
base; pronotum medially with the vestiture finer and the sculpture irregularly 
punctiform or subrugose, laterally with broader scales and coarser, rugose 
sculpture, the median groove fine and shallow, prebasal transverse groove 
shallow but usually distinct except medially. Conjoined elytra ovate, basal 
margin broadly emarginate and usually slightly thickened, at least laterally, 
humerus subobsolete, side Margin sometimes with a_ shallow, posthumeral 
emargination; intervals subplanate, alternate ones on declivity each with a row 
of rather widely spaced, stout, suberect, yellowish brown to whitish setae; 
vestiture on intervals 6 and 7 darker than elsewhere, often forming an incon- 
spicuous vitta which is interrupted about middle by a short, oblique bar of 
broader, paler to whitish scales, the bar beginning on interval 5 and extending 
cbliquely forward to interval 7, where it is broader. Abdomen beneath trans- 
versely aciculate basally; anterior half of metepisternum (except dilated apex) 
glabrous or subglabrous, the suture visible opposite the glabrous portion; 
glabrous area on mesepisterhum variable in size, shagreened (not polished as 
in Graphognathus) ; femoral vestiture prostrate or subprostrate. Fore tibia 
with 7 to 9 denticulations, which are stouter and longer than in fessellatus; 
mucro on middle tibia minute, probably sometimes absent; corbel plate absent 
or extremely narrow, dorsal comb about as long as distal. 
Type locality—Of godmani, Fayal, Azores Islands; of fulleri, 
New Jersey to Montana, U. S. A.; of olindae, Oahu and Maui, 
Hawaii. 
Distribution (partly from literature records).—Canapa (southern). 
Unitep States (general, but chiefly in the South Atlantic States 
and in California) ; Mexico (Guanajuato); Sour America (Brazil, 
Chile, Paraguay, Argentina) ; ArrIca (Morocco, Transvaal) ; Azores 
Istanps; ITaty; France; Spatn; AUSTRATIA (New South Wales) ; 
Hawatr; Potynesta (Easter Island, “Rikitew” Island). 
Type—oOf fulleri, lectotype 2833, Pennsylvania, i in Horn collection 
at Philadelphia; of godmani and olindae, not ascertained, but former 
probably in British Museum, latter in British Museum or in Perkins 
collection. 
Pantomorus godmani, commonly known as Fuller’s rose beetle, 
feeds on a great variety of plants, shrubs, and trees. It is often 
a pest in greenhouses, where, once established, it is capable of doing 
much damage, the adults eating and cutting off leaves, the larvae 
feeding under round on roots. The species can maintain itself out 
of doors as far north as Michigan, though apparently the warmer 
sections of the country are better suited for its development. The 
original home of godmané remains uncertain, but probably is South 
America. 
The fact that no male was found among the approximately 500 
specimens of godmani at hand suggested parthenogenesis, but Floyd 
F’. Smith, of this Bureau, was the first to learn by rearing experiments 
that the species actually is parthenogenetic. The results of Dr. 
Smith’s investigation on the biology of godmané are still unpublished, 
but he has kindly permitted the inclusion here of a statement of his 
interesting discovery. During 1927 to 1929 Smith reared godmani 
through four generations of virgin females and also dissected more 
