GENUINE SNOUT-BEETLES. 



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Fief. 212.^ — Anthonomus signatus, Say. Eggs, larva, pupa and injuries. After 

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sheet beneath the tree. This action of the sparrows can not be 

 done simply out of sheer mischief, but must have another cause. 

 As these birds also pick into similar flowers in Europe to find 

 beetles in them, there can be but little doubt that this habit of in- 

 vestigating' flowers is so persistent that even here, after many 

 generations of sparrows have died, their off-spring still possess 

 it. and prompted by it search for insects not found here at all. 



The next genus, Conotrachelns, also contains numerous de- 

 structive members, chief of which is the one described in the "First 

 Annual Report," which is quoted : 



THE PLUM CURCULIO. 



I Conotrachelus nenuphar Hbst. ). 



We can hardly open an entomological bulletin issued by any 

 of the eastern, central or southern states without finding a de- 

 scription of this insect, and of the remedies that will kill it and 



