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Title: A handbook of the destructive insects of Victoria : with notes on the methods to be adopted to check and extirpate them
Year: 1891 (1890s)
Authors: French, Charles, 1843- Victoria. Dept. of Agriculture
Subjects: Beneficial insects -- Australia Victoria Insect pests -- Australia Victoria Insects -- Australia Victoria
Publisher: Melbourne : Robt. S. Brain
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ce, or eventhrice, with a solution of either London j^urple or Parisgreen, say 1 lb. of the former to 100 or 150 gallons ofwater. Apply material with considerable force, so that itmay the easier penetrate into the hollows in the youngfruit. As the habits of this insect so nearly resemblethose of the Codlin Moth, the system of bandaging thetrees, gathering up the fruits, and other methods pre-viously recommended, should also be adopted for thispest. 70 DESTRUCTIVE INSECTS OF VICTORIA : PLATE VI. Apple-root Borer (Leptops Hopei).Fig. 1. Portion of apple stem. (From nature.) 2. Portion of root, showing larvae at work. (From nature.) 3. Larvae (or grub). Natural size. (From nature.) 4. Perfect insect. Natural size. (From nature.) 4a. Perfect insect; side view. Natural size. (From nature.) 5. Showing singular mandible-like process. Magnified. (From nature.) 6. Transverse sections of roots. Natural size. (From nature.) 7. Antennse of perfect insect, showing joints. Magnified. (From nature.)
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CBnlllebank.del C. French.Direxit, Troedel&.C?Lil:h. THE APPLE-ROOT BOEER, 71 CHAPTER XL THE APPLE-ROOT BORER. (Leptops Hopei.) Orderi: Coleoptera.—Family : Curcidionidce. A very destructive beetle, belonging to the great groupof the Curculionid(E^ of which there are in Australia over1,200 different kinds, which have been already «lescribedin various publications. This group of beetles is but toowell-known as furnishing some of the worst of insect peststo the grower—the Rice-Weevil, Pea-Weevil, Nut-Weevil,Plum-Curculio, Bean-Weevil, and a host of other kindscommonly known by the name of Weevils. This insect is indigenous to Australia, no less than 44species of this genus having been found in the variouscolonies. In Victoria this particular species of Leptopshas been known for the last 30 years to attack fruit trees,especially apples and pears, but it was not until a fewyears back that it was found to be such a dreadful scourgeto fruit-growers. The perfect insect (as shown in

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