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Head gamboge-yellow, glabrous with some faint transverse striations 

 above the mouth ; mandibles rufous tipped with black ; labrum emargin- 

 ate, 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 Cnrculio 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 

 Bcience. 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 were intended, and that my sole object is 

 the dissemination of truth and facts. If these facts hit with 

 force and shatter some of the beautiful and visionary theories 

 that have been jireached to you as gospel, it is not my fault. 

 No one.should smother truth on personal grounds, or because 

 it conflicts with the expressed opinions of another. We are 

 all liable to make mistakes, and perhaps no man ever yet lived 

 who did not at some time of his life commit a blunder. But 

 the difierence between the man who writes for truth and the 

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

 his errors as soon as he is made aware of them, and even courts 

 true criticism, while the latter never will allow that he is 

 wrong, but having once made a false statement, will never go 

 back on his word. 



You are engaged in a most glorious work, namely, tbe 

 advancement of the beautiful art and science of Horticulture. 

 You are each of you doing what you can, in the first place, to 

 promote the aesthetic influences of your calling, so as to elevate 



