Oct., '07] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 359 



full}- developed leave the gall and enter the ground for pupa- 

 tion. They are in the ground approximately sixteen days 

 before maturity. 



ANTHONOMINI. 

 ANTHONOMUS Germ. 



Anthonomus fulvus Lee. In addition to notes published in 

 Bulletin 63 of the Bureau of Entomology the following may 

 be given : the breeding period commences early in May and 

 extends a short time beyond July i2th. 



PARASITES. 



Bracon mellitor Say was previously recorded as a primary 

 parasite. 



Catolacciis incertus Ashm. was also bred from this weevil 

 June 14, 1905, at Dallas, Texas, by W. W. Yothers. 



Anthonomus <zneolus Dietz. The typical material in this spe- 

 cies was bred by Mr. E. A. Schwarz at Columbus, Texas, from 

 leaf galls on a Solanum, probably 5". elceagnifolium. At Dallas, 

 Texas, the writer has bred a species w y hich is apparently the 

 same from the buds of Solanum torreyi. The eggs are laid in 

 the buds, and the larvae develop entirely in the interior of a 

 single anther, or of two anthers cemented together. The 

 flower generally opens normally, and it is probably that ferti- 

 lization frequently takes place. Pupation takes place in the 

 anther, generally after the bud or corolla has dropped. The 

 pupal period is not over six days. This Solanum commences 

 to bud early in May, and by June i5th is about entirely out of 

 bloom. In the latter part of June Solanum elceagnifolium com- 

 mences to bloom and the weevils then attack it, after the same 

 manner as the preceding plant. By July ist Solatium rostra- 

 turn is in bloom, continuing in season until fall. In it the 

 larvae seems generally to be confined to the large double 

 anther. The}' are not as abundant as in the spring upon 

 Solanum torreyi. 



PARASITES. 



Catolaccus incertus Ashm. (det. by J. C. Crawford) was bred 

 as the predominant primary parasite. 



