THE MOUNT DESERT REGION 1!>7 



Auletes Schonherr 



A. albovestita Blatchley (16338). Green Mt.; Salisbury 

 Cove; Bar Harbor, July 6-Aug. 17, sweeping low bushes; 

 See. 32 on sweet fern, Sept. 15. Common. 



At letobius Desbr. 



A. albopilosus (Blatcli.). Great Heath, on willow, Oct. ."> 

 (Br.). 



Rhynchites Herbst 



R. BicoLon Fab. (16348). Tlie Rose Cureulio is found on 

 roses, blackberries and raspberries, oceasionally doing 

 damage. Scaree. Eating wild rose blossoms Town Hill, 

 July 28. 



R. cyanellus Lee. (16359). Occurs on the leaves of the 

 willows. Great Pond, July 16, sweeping. 



R. perplexus Blatch.? (16362). Sweeping fern and Spiraea; 

 Sec. 20, July 23. 



Attellabus Linnaeus. Leaf-rolling weevils 



A. bipustttlatus Fab. (16367). This species rolls the leaves 1 

 of oak. Bar Harbor beating June 16. Rare. Robinson Mt. 

 Aug. on leaves of Quercus ilicifolia. 



A. rhois Boh. (16369). Occurs on hazelnut and alder. As 

 described by Packard, the singular, thimble-like rolls of 

 this weevil may be found in June and July on the alder. 

 When about to lay her eggs, the female begins to eat a slit 

 near the base of the leaf on each side of the midrib, and at 

 right angles to it, so that the leaf may be folded together. 

 Before beginning to roll up the leaf she gnaws the stem 

 nearly off, so that after the roll is made, and has dried for 

 perhaps a day, it is easily detached by the wind and falls 

 to the ground. When folding the leaf, she tightly rolls it 

 up, neatly tucking in the ends, until a compact cylindrical 

 solid mass of vegetation is formed. Before the leaf is en- 

 tirely rolled she deposits a single eg^, rarely two, in the 

 middle next to the midrib, where it lies loosely in a little 



