14 THE SUGAE-BEET WIKEWOBM. 
DESCRIPTIONS. 
The Adult. 
Following is the original description by Mannerheim ^ in Latin, 
followed by a translation into English. 
136. Cardiophorus californicus: elongatus niger, punctatissimus, tenue pubescens, 
thorace convexo, subquadrato, elytris dorso depressis, le\iter punctato-striatis, 
stemo profunde punctato, convexo, tarsis articulis omnibus et unguiculis simplicibus. 
Longit. 5 J, 4i lin. latit. If, If lin. 
Habitat in California, D. T>. Blaschke et Tscbemikh. 
[Translation.] 
Cardiophorus californicus: Elongate black, closely punctate, finely 
pubescent; thorax convex, subquadrate; dorsal surface of elytra de- 
pressed, feebly striate-punctate ; thorax beneath deeply punctate, 
convex; all joints of the tarsi and claws simple. 
Length lOf-9^ mm., width 3J-34 mm. 
Habitat, Cahfornia (Blaschke and Tschernikh). 
The Egg. 
The egg of Limonius californicus (PL 11, fig. c) is for the most part 
opaque white, though it shows small, irregular, semihyahne areas 
when placed on a white surface in dim fight. The surface appears 
smooth under the low power of the microscope, but under the high 
power it appears to be sfightly scaly. It reflects fight weakly from 
the fighted side. That the shell is quite tough is proven by the fact 
that even when the eggs are rolled about in the soil they are seldom 
distorted. 
The egg is elfipto-cyfindrical in shape. Both ends are broadly 
rounded and resemble each other. Measurements of 30 eggs gave 
an average length of 0.69 mm. and an average width of 0.5 mm. 
The length varied between 0.63 and 0.735 mm. and the width be- 
tween 0.473 and 0.53 mm. 
The Larva. 
The nearly mature larva of Limonius californicus (fig. 1; PI. II, 
fig. h; Pis. Ill, lY) is subcyfindrical in shape and shiny, waxy yeUow- 
ish-brown in color. The segments are very minut^ely and sparsely 
punctate. The head and venter are flattened dorsa../ and darker in 
color. There is a fight dorsal stripe on the posterior end of each seg- 
ment mth the exception of the venter. 
The head is depressed and considerably narrower in front. The 
mandibles are strong, notched, deep brown in color, changing to 
black at the tip. 
1 Bui. Soc. Imp. Nat. Moscou, vol. 16, p. 238, 1843. 
