. The American entomologist. Entomology. THE AMERICAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 243 [Fig. 12].] editor of the Country Getit/eman, Mr. J. J. Thomas, of Union Springs, N. Y., with the following remarks: "The smaller [speci- mens] are sent from Barre, Mass., and are said to be destructive to strawberry plants, eating the leaves and doing great damage. They are said to be shy, and hide close to the ; The larval habits and transfor- mations of the species remained unknown, however, until Prof. Cook discovered tliem. From his account it appears that they do not materially differ from those of th
. The American entomologist. Entomology. THE AMERICAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 243 [Fig. 12].] editor of the Country Getit/eman, Mr. J. J. Thomas, of Union Springs, N. Y., with the following remarks: "The smaller [speci- mens] are sent from Barre, Mass., and are said to be destructive to strawberry plants, eating the leaves and doing great damage. They are said to be shy, and hide close to the ; The larval habits and transfor- mations of the species remained unknown, however, until Prof. Cook discovered tliem. From his account it appears that they do not materially differ from those of the Crapevine Colaspis [Colaspis flavida Say), of which we gave an account in 1870* or from that of the Striped Cucumber-beetle, which we treated of in 1867.! The insect lives in the larva state underground, feed- ing on the rootlets of the plant it attacks ; there it transforms to pupa and perfect beetle, in which last state it continues its ravages by feeding on the leaves of the plant. The larva of theGV(n//j-,as stated by us(l. c), feeds al- so on the rootlets of the Strawberry, and might, therefore, be often mistaken for \\\QPaiia. The for- mer larva is anoma- lous in having a se- ries of fleshy ven- tral projections (see Fig. 121), and as the insects are related by subfamily characters, we quote Prof. Cook's description of that of the Paria : " The larva is white, with yellowish head and brown jaws. There are eleven segments back of the head. The breathing mouths show plainly along the side of the body. There is only one pair wanting, those on the first thoracic ring. The pair on the second ring are very large. There are rows of hairs extending transversely one to each ring, but few hairs to each row on the side of each ring. About each stoma[ta] there seems to arise a tuft of hairs. The usual three pairs of thoracic jointed legs are plainly visible. The length is 5^ mm (.22 in.)" It would seem to be easily distinguished from the Colaspis larva, therefore, by the
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