THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 
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Fig. i 6 o.-^Strawberry weevil and its work: a, shoot of strawberry plant 
bearing punctured buds; b, enlarged eggs at c; at d, larva; e, its 
head, much enlarged; f, pupa, enlarged; g, open straw¬ 
berry flower showing work of beetles. 
A. signatus Say. Throughout the State; much more common in the 
southern counties. This is the strawberry weevil which always does 
some and occasionally serious injury in Atlantic, Cumberland, Bur* 
lington, Ocean and Cape May Counties. It feeds also on black, dew 
and raspberry and occasionally on other plants. The remedial meas¬ 
ures are cultural in most part. 
A. musculus Say. Throughout the State, not rare VII, on huckleberry. 
A. nigrinus Boh. Staten Island (Lg); DaCosta VII, 16 (Brn); New Jer¬ 
sey, on horse nettle, “Solanum virginiensis” (W). 
A. scutellatus Gyll. Hopatcong (Pm); Caldwell III, 15 (Bf); Orange 
Mts. (GG); Newark Dist. (div); DaCosta (Li); Anglesea (W). 
A. juniperinus Sanb. Anglesea (Li); Bayside IX, 22, on juniper (W), 
feeding in a fungus growth. 
A. rufipes Lee. Buena Vista (Li). 
A. disjunctus Lee. Gloucester Co. (W); DaCosta VII, 16 (Brn); Atlantic 
City (Castle); Bamber IX, 1 (Dke); Chews Landing IX, 6 (W). 
