THE GREAT ELM-LEAK BEETLE. 
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eggs (Fig. 83, a) are laid on the under side of the leaf in a compact, more or 
less globose, gamboge-yellow cluster, each egg surrounded and the whole mass 
firmly held together by a glutinous substance. There are. on an average, about 
1^5 eggs in each mass, the eggs being laid in layers. In general appearance the 
Fig. 83.— The great elm leaf beetle, a, b, eggs; d, larva: g, h, head ami mouth parts of the same; i, 
pupa ; j, beetle.— After Riley. 
mass bears a resemblance to a yellow raspberry. Each egg (Fig. 83, &), when ex- 
amined separately, is seen to be subspherical in form and highly polished. 
The young larvae (Fig. 83, c) hatch in about a week after the eggs are laid, 
and at first congregate around the empty egg-shells, which they nibble and feed 
