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vine Colaspis [Colas pi s Jlavida, Say). A full account of this last insect, 

 with illusti-ations, will be given in the forth-coming 3rd Entomological 

 Report of Missouri. 



This weevil belongs to the genus Anakis which is distinguished by its sub- 

 cylindrical oblong-oval body, its short robust snout which fits into a deep grove, its 

 lo-jointed antennce, and its simple or unarmed thighs. As our strawberry insect is 

 a new species I subjoin a description of it for the scientific reader: — 



Analcis fragari.e, N. Sp. — Imago,F\g. ii,c — Color deep, sub-polished, chest- 

 nut-brown, the elytra somewhat lighter. Head and rostrum dark, finely and 

 ilensely punctate and with short coarse fulvous hairs, longest at tip of rostrum; 

 antennte rather lighter towards base, lo-jointed, the scape much thickened at apex, 

 joint 2 longest and robust, 3 moderately long, 4-7 short, S-10 connate and forming 

 a stout club. Thorax dark, cylindrical, slightly swollen across the middle, and uni- 

 fi-rmly covered with large thimble-like punctures, and with a few short coarse fulvous 

 hairs, unusually airanged in three more or less distinct longitudinal lines; pectoral 

 groove ending between front legs. Abdomen with small remote punctures and 

 hairs, which are denser towards apex. Legs of equal stoutness, and with shallow 

 dilated punctures and uniform very short hairs. Elytra more yellowish-brown, 

 dilated at the lower sides anteriorly, and with about 9 deeply-punctured strite, the 

 stri^ sometimes obsolete; more or less covered with coarse and short pale yellow 

 hairs, which form by their greater density, three more or less conspicuous transverse 

 bands, the first of which is at base: between the second and third band, in the mid- 

 dle of the elytron, is a smooth dark-brown or black spot, with a less distinct spot of 

 the same color below the third, and a still less distinct one above the second band. 

 Length 0.16 inch. 



Described from four specimens bred from strawbeiT_\ -boring larvie. The black 

 spots on the elytra are quite distinct and conspicuous on two specimens, less so on 

 one, and entirely obsolete on the other. 



Lurva,V\g. \i, a — White with back arched Lamellicorn-fashion. Head gam- 

 boge-yellow, glabrous with some faint transverse striations above mouth; mandibles 

 rufous tipped with black; labrum emarginate, and with palpi, pale. A faint narrow- 

 dorsal vascular line. Legs replaced by fleshy tubercles. Length 0.20 inch when 

 stretched out. 



I had intended to say something of the Grape Curculio and the Grape 

 Cane Curculio; of the Hickory-nut and Hazel-nut weevils; of the Pea 

 and Bean weevils; of the Corn-weevil, Grain-weevil and some other 

 destructive weevils, but have already occupied more than the allotted 

 time, and must close. 



CONCLUSION. 



In conclusion, ladies and gentlemen, I beg leave to assure you that 

 this paper has been written in the true interest of science. If a single 

 word has seemed to animadvert against any one of you, I hope you will 

 believe me when I tell you that no reflections A\ere intended, and that 

 my sole object is the dissemination of truth and facts. If these facts hit 

 with force and shatter some of the beautifid and visionary theories that 

 have been preached to you as gospel, it is not my fault. No one should 

 smother truth on personal grounds or because it conflicts with the ex- 

 pressed opinions of another. We are all liable to make mistakes, and 

 perhaps no man e\'er }et lived who did not at some time of his life com- 

 mit a blunder. But the difference between the man who writes for truth 

 and the man who writes for victory, is, that the former frankly confesses 



