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and about an eighth of an inch in diameter. In October 

 they descend below the reach of frost, and pass the win- 

 ter in a torpid state. In the spring they approach to- 

 ward the surface, and each one forms for itself a little 

 cell, of an oval shape. Within this cell the grub is trans- 

 formed to a pupa during the month of May. During 

 the month of June, the included beetle bursts open its 

 earthen cell, and digs its way to the surface 

 of the ground. Thus the various changes, from 

 the egg to the full development of the perfected 

 beetle, are completed within the space of one 

 year." 



The beetle is given of its real size, about 

 seven-twentieths of an inch in length, in figure rose-bug. 

 150; its body is entirely covered with a very 

 short and close ashen-yellow down; its legs are of a pale- 

 red color, while the joints of the very long feet are 

 tipped with black. 



Remedies. — Such being the metamorphoses and habits 

 of the Rose-bugs, it is evident we cannot attack them in 

 the egg, the grub, or the pupa state. When they have 

 issued from their subterranean retreats, and have con- 

 gregated upon our vines, trees, and other vegetable pro- 

 ductions, in the complete enjoyment of their propensi- 

 ties, we must unite our efforts to seize and crush the 

 invaders. They must indeed be crushed, scalded, or 

 burned, to deprive them of life, for they are not affected 

 by any of the aj^plications usually found destructive to 

 other insects. Experience has proved the utility of 

 gathering them by hand, or of shaking them or brush- 

 ing them from the plants into tin vessels containing a 

 little water. They should be collected daily, especially 

 in early morning, when they are torpid, and burned or 

 scalded. If a film of kerosene is floated upon the water 

 in the vessels in which they are caught, it will help to 

 prevent their escape. 



