8S ORDKK tOIJCnpTKKA. 



AlihoiiKh the bui>n<9llila- nn* auiung Uiv niost cU-gnnt ninl U-atiliriil of the colropti-rn, 

 yet thoir larva* arc oiic ntiil ull imirt'or li-»s injurious to ftailt ami fonirt trrrs. The « -.— - •■ 

 till' fciiutlu nrt' ili'|Mnii(>«l uiH>ii (he trunkitnn*! liiiibfior tnH-8,nml, when hnlrhrd, tli< 



'I'lwly tlin>ii;jli the luirk ; nml «.h tJu-y nro oflrii many yram in coming t" 

 ...>l u|i)Mirtunit> i> Kivtn for cxtrnsivi- injury : it l.t ln-rc tiny luidi-rgo their 

 lruit.*>lMriiiali<*n. 



Tlw liirvir of this initunil family of iiL<w*ct« huvc u v«-ry ch^M- n"M-mhlance to each otlur, 

 itn>l licm-f 11 hrii-f dcsc-ription of u .ningle sjx-rit-s will Ix- hufTicicnt to ronrc-y an idea of 

 their KeneriiJ rhararteristirii. TluM- larva-, then, art- white or yellowi.xh white, rather long, 

 niirniw ami somewhat flattened, ami furnishe<l eaeh with a small brown head sunk into a 

 suddenly ami al>rui>tly widened out thorax, conveyinR at first view the im]*r(6sion that the 

 head is very l^r^e, wlienus it is only two or tline of the liLst rin^s that are tliiis suddenly 

 widened <>ut atid enlarged : the ujijK-r Jaws are su|>]died with thre*- Mark te«th. Then- art- 

 no le^s or oilur a]i]>aratus for locomotion, except twd tultercles {dared on the under side 

 of tlie second from the tlmrax. When dniwn out of its Imrrow, the larva jirogress«it l>y a 

 kind I'f wrigKl'iig motion, freqiu-ntly ndling over, thoUKh not so often as the more cylin- 

 drical larva of the l¥>ring coUniptera. They are found UAh iH-neath the l»ark and in the 

 W'xmI : under the Iwrk, they lie partly coiled, or In the form of a S4"mlcircle. The pupa 

 U-ars a verj- clos«- res«>nddance to the jH-rfect insect : it is found verj' near the outer 

 surface of the Imrk, so that when the transforniati<in is complete, the insect has only to 

 iK-rl^irate a thin scale of Imrk t>> escape from its privn into open day. 



The ojiks, hickories and i>iiics are the kind< of trin-s most usually infected with the 

 buiH-strian larviv ; and, unfortunately, our knowledge of the ways anti means by which 

 these larvip may Ih? destmyed are few and uncertain : the knifr and wire are the only 

 Infallible means to remove them, when once they are in possession of the premises. Our 

 preventive means, however, in the case of fruit, are more effectual ; .stich as scraping and 

 washini^ thi- trunk an<l large limbs, at those s<'a.sons of the year when they are known to 

 <lep. i«iit tlwir eni^s. This kind of rare and attention is rarely Ustowr*! i-xcept in the spring, 

 which, s<> far as the family of |x>rers is concerned, is jx-rfectly ineffectual, as their eggs are 

 laid in the months of June, July and August. The perfect ins<-ct, though it may fwd on 

 leaves, is coni|>aratlvely harmless. Tliere is, however, no provision which Is so important 

 to kfop in check the ravages of these and all other insects, a.s the preservation and yf*- 

 tection of birds. The woo<lpeeker in jvirticular deserves the pmtection of the farmer, in- 

 a.smuch as it Is eminently successful in detecting the j>res«-nce of the larva? of the borers, 

 *s well as very cxi)crt in dragging them fmni their burrows. 



