Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences . pitr)x parmda (Fab.) Figures 164, 164a. This small species is mentioned in the notes of Mr. Geo. A. Bishopas injurious to tobacco. In the United States it often does muchdamage to tobacco. It feeds also, as imago, on egg-plant, tomato,Jamestown-weed {Datura), and nightshades. 790 A. E. Yerrill—The Bermuda Islands, This beetle is minute; length about ™, or about y^ inch; colorlight brown with a darker brown band across the elytra. The larvais slender, white, with a yellow head and brown jaws; length ™.It feeds on the roots of
Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences . pitr)x parmda (Fab.) Figures 164, 164a. This small species is mentioned in the notes of Mr. Geo. A. Bishopas injurious to tobacco. In the United States it often does muchdamage to tobacco. It feeds also, as imago, on egg-plant, tomato,Jamestown-weed {Datura), and nightshades. 790 A. E. Yerrill—The Bermuda Islands, This beetle is minute; length about ™, or about y^ inch; colorlight brown with a darker brown band across the elytra. The larvais slender, white, with a yellow head and brown jaws; length ™.It feeds on the roots of Jamestown-weed and other allied plants, andsometimes attacks common potatoes, causing them to have a roughor pimply sui-face. The pupa is formed just under the earth aboutthe roots of the plants on whichthe larvae feed. 163 164.
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