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The Egg. 



The egg is translucent, broadly oval, and is about 1/50" in length. As pre- 

 viously stated, it is deposited within the bud and usually adheres to the stamens 

 or pistils. 



DuEATiON OF iNCUBATiOiSr. In experiments with 100 eggs from May 28th to 

 June 6th the duration of incubation varied from four to eight days, the average 

 being six days. 



Mortality. In experiments with Go eggs from May 28th to May 31st the 

 mortality was 14 or 21.4 per cent. 



The Larva. 



Description. Length, extended, slightly over 2-mm. Color, whitish-sul- 

 phurous, often mottled with blackish. Eyes sub-translucent, yellowish; mouth 

 parts brown, lighter beloAV. Thorax less roughened than the abdomen, of three 



Adult of the Straw- 

 berry Weevil, 



Strawberry bud opened to show egg of the Straw- 

 berry Weevil within. 



distinct segments : narrow dorsal anterior margin of the first segment brownish. 

 Legs wanting, but represented by six fleshy protuberances, each bearing three 

 bristles, the middle one longer and slightly blackish; between the first pair of 

 protuberances a narrow brownish stripe. Abdomen below more translucent, flat- 

 tened, the sides produced slightly as a longitudinal fold. Above, the abdomen is 

 deeply rugose; there are eight complete folds commencing at the lateral fold, each 

 bearing two lateral, two sub-lateral and .two dorsal hairs ; between these, on each 

 side a shorter fold, extending from the lateral fold to one-third the upper curve, 

 and a second dorsal fold, commencing immediately before the dorsal termination 

 of the lateral fold. The dorsal fold bears four hairs, the lateral, two. All the ab- 

 dominal hairs are without color. Behind the thorax the abdomen is naturally 

 curved beneath, so that the distal end rests below the thorax. Abdomen gradually 

 tapering to the sub-apical segment, which bears the posterior respiratory organs 

 beneath a sub-apical fold. T^espiratory organs not at all projecting: a slender. 



