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outside of the kernel, makes au almost straight course for that 

 kernel, through the yet soft shell of which it penetrates. Here 

 it remains until it has become full-fed, when by a wise instinct 

 it cuts a round hole through the now hard stone, and retires 

 inside again to change to the pupa and finally to the beetle 

 state. "When once the several parts of the beetle are suffi- 

 ciently hard and strong, it ventures through the hole which it 

 had already providently prepared for exit with its stronger 

 larval jaws, and then easily bores its way through the flesh 

 -and escapes. 



REMEDIES. 



This Plum Gouger is about as hard to deal with as the 

 Apple Curculio. It drops almost as reluctantly, and we there- 

 fore cannot do much by the jarring process to diminish its 

 numbers. Moreover it takes wing much more readily than 

 the other weevils we have mentioned; and though fruit that 

 is badly punctured for food, often falls prematurely to the 

 ground, yet, according to Mr. "Walsh, that infested with the 

 larva generally hangs on the tree until the stone is hard 

 and prematiire ripening sets in. In all probability the stunted 

 and prematurely rij)eued fruit containing this insect will iar 

 down much more readily than the healthy fruit, but I have so 

 far had no opportunity of making any practical observations 

 myself, and must conclude by hoj)ing that our plum-growing 

 members will make the proper experiments and give us the 

 results. 



THE STRiVWBEKRY CROWN BORER. 



(Analcii fragarice A'', sp.) 



This is another indigenous insect, which seems to be con- 

 fined to our Mississippi Valley, for I have heard no complaints 

 in any of the Atlantic States, of injuries that could be attrib- 

 uted to this weevil. In the Maine Farmer for July SStli, 



