ATTACKING THE BRANCHES. 35 



the orchards of New Jersey, Michigan, Illinois, Iowa, and 

 Kansas. Should it at any time inflict serious injury, the 

 only remedy as yet suggested is to search for the bored twigs 

 in June and July, and cut them off and burn them. 



No. 14. — The Imbricated Snout-beetle. 

 Epiccerus imhricatus (Say). 



This is a small snout-beetle or weevil, which is common in 

 some localities on apple and cherry trees and injures them 

 by gnawing the twigs and 

 fruit. It is most frequently ^^' """■ 



found in the Western States, 

 especially in parts of Iowa 

 and Kansas. 



It is a very variable beetle; 

 usually it is of a silvery- 

 white color, with dark mark- 

 ings, as shown in Fig. 23, 



but sometimes these latter are wholly or partly wanting. 

 Nothing is as yet known of its history in the earlier stages of 

 its existence. 



Should this weevil ever occur in sufficient numbers to ex- 

 cite alarm, they could probably be collected by jarring the 

 trees, as in the case of the pi urn- weevil, and then destroyed. 



No. 15. — The Seventeen-year Locust. 

 Cicada septendecim Linn. 



The seventeen-year locust is an insect very well known 

 throughout the United States, and is sometimes met with in 

 Canada. It is generally believed to require seventeen years 

 in which to complete its transformations, nearly the whole of 

 this period being spent under ground. 



The perfect insect measures, when its wings are expanded, 

 from two and a half to three inches across. It is represented 

 at c in Fig. 24. The body is stout and blackish, the wings 



