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GENUINE SNOU T-BEETLES. 



Fig. 208. — Coccotorus scvtellaris, Lee. and C. prunicida, Walsh, 

 of Entomology, U. S. Department of Agriculture. 



-After Division 



to be almost indistinguishable, is found upon the sand-cherry. 

 It has similar life-habits. Both are shown in Fig. 208, and it 

 will be seen that the difference between them is but slight. 



In the genus Anthonomus we possesss a large number of 

 beetles, all small, with modest colors, but with great power of in- 

 jury. Only a few of the more important ones will be given. 



THE APPLE CURCULIO. 



(Anthonomus quadrigibbus Say). 



This is a common beetle in Minnesota, where it is found 

 breeding almost exclusively in wild crabs and haws, but it is 

 simply a question of time when it will also attack the cultivated 

 apple, which it does in states having older orchards. Prof. Saun- 

 ders gives the following description of this insect : 



"It is a small beetle, a little smaller than a plum-curculio, of 

 ;i dull brown color, having a long, thin snout, which sticks out 

 more or less horizontally, and can not be folded under the body, 

 as is the case with many species of curculio. This snout in the 

 female is as long as the body ; in the male it is about half that 

 length. In addition to the prominent snout, it is furnished with 



