The above analysis is that of a sample of rice-raeal from Walter 

 "Wooll'serofi, Esq., of Georges Plain, Westmoreland, who has esta*'- 

 lished the rice industry on that i roperty. This product is readily 

 eaten by horses and should be regarded rather as a substitute for corn 

 than for oats, since it is by no means rich in Nitrogenous Constituents. 



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7. 



THE ORANGE WEEVIL. 



By E Stuart I'antox. 

 The Orange Weevil* familiarly called " Fidler," represents a West 

 Indian group of snout-beetles, said to number some 70 or 80 species, 

 and is a member of an extensive family termed Ciuculiouidae, which 

 contains many insects of very I rilliant colours. 



The weevil generally measures from half an inch to an inch and a 

 quarter long, and constitutes a variety of local forms, most of which 

 are brightly coloured, and it is likely that several, if not all, feed 

 upon Citriis. 



The van', ty called rubro vittatus is probably that oftenest found cling- 

 ing to Citrus trees. The male, (fig. 1 ] which is generally smaller than 



the female, (fig. 2) 

 is shining black, 

 with two bright red, 

 longitudinal stripes 

 on tlie elytra, or 

 wing-cases, which 

 enclose another 

 similar, but white 

 stripe down the mid- 

 dle of the back ; 

 while the female 

 is generally, but 

 not always, more or 

 less covered with 

 wliitisli scales, which 

 m.ke the two red 

 stripes on the elytra 

 but faintly visible, 

 and the white me- 

 dian one, not at all. 



* Prajpodes vittatus, var. rubro viltatus. 



