90 ELATERIDZ. 


until it was pulled up when it came away in the hand, its roots 
having been clean cut off. In this way these grubs move down 
lines of young plants in European nurseries, cutting through 
and feeding on the roots. They do not appear or feed upo 
the green portions of the plant above ground, 7 
Further observations required. 
No observations of the action or numbers of these insects 
in nurseries and young plantations, etc., have been recorded 
up to date. It will doubtless prove, however, that their pro- 
bable presence should be taken into consideration on areas on 
which young plants are to be reared. 
We have yet to discover how long these grubs spend in this 
condition, when they appear as the perfect beetle and what 
this insect is like. 
| Flooding the nursery beds and hand-picking are remedies 
to be recommended when these pests make their appearance. 
