no oRorR <ni.»:«»iTrR*. 



(iuia liil\i KKI S (Scihk.hmihb). 



IriiroRiti «<>v>w>mArt:N»iH (Srliu'iihcrr). ( I'lntc xx\lil, fig. 1.) 



('i-irOLio ^ovKMKArCMU (Konrtcr) ; 

 Riivxi iiiTKn I ('irrLioMiDrK (IIerl'>l) ; 

 rAcovaiiTKoni* ■choi^hciii (KIrbj). 

 Arrurtting to Kmnv, this •.]>eci(>!t l>eIiinK!« !•> ihi* Fnniily TAniMUM nciiiim: : iln rliarao- 

 ten, as givrii l>y Ihi-s ilistin{;ui>>)ic<i ••ntoinulugist, un* : 



' Ijibniiii Mitxtimrt;inatf: rnnmlililrs nriiH'^l with two tat that the h|k-& ; Inbiuiii ixorlj 



^lunri' ; palpi r<>tii<al ; antciinic short, iiiMrU-d iuto a roiiiuli>h lateral cavity mar 



thr ajK \ c.f tlif ru-itruiii ; joints ihviii, ^<«].f >liort, vir. ISiKly « iil<>ng jK-nr .-liajul. 



I{i>slruiii nearly as wi<ir ax the head, sul>ryliii<!rira1, a lilth- widtr at the tijt, ridged 



U-tween tlie eyes and antenim- : eyes round, prominent; protliorav .sul/<yUndricnl, 



mther narrowest anteriorly ; anteju'etus not euiarginate, nor U»!x-d. Col«optera obloog, 



depressi'd nt the bih>x : thiphs eIiil>tH>d, unarmed ; tihiie unarmed ; iK-nuliimatc joint 



of the tar-i liij-artite. Its anti nuir are Mraight, or only curbed, not ell^^wcd. 



• Tolor gray, cox en «I with a wliitish j ih- ; ground I-huk : knoh of the antenna* In^wn. 



Rostrum rather thick, wid« ne<! anteriorly, having three ridges l-etw«en the eyes and 



termination : two divergent, fn>m an impressed angular line l>etween the eyes ; and 



the other proceeding directly from that line uiK.>n it> middle, and which tcrminutt^ 



anteriorly in a short fork, or near the euiui-ginution of the labnun, though it is scp*- 



rnteil fr.>m this Pirk by a slight interception, which is ju^t beyond two hyphtn-like 



lines by its sides. Anterior part of the rostrum naked, and inipre^Md with c alescint 



dots. Kyes brown. Thorax .-ulxylimlrical, marked with time rather «>brcure whili.''h 



longitudinal kinds : jMinctuns coais*- and c<a^^cenl. Klytra have nine rows of 



punrfures, and at the b:i«;o a part of a tenth row Tlie altirnate sjiaces 1 ctww n the 



dotttfl lines have small black rjuadrale spots : on the sutural spac<-, <r ritlge, thrj 



are smaller ami more f)bscure than upon the others. These tjuadrale black siHif are 



placed uiNin the four whiti-h longitudinal slri{>rs, which are ijuitc obscure. Bcnralh 



gray : legs gray. Length of the female, flve-eighths of nn inch ; of the male, half 



an Inch.' 



This riHn i.io has the habit of many of the species of this family. It devours the tender 



leaves and blossoms of fruit trees, and h;^s Imcu known to do great injury to the apple 



«nd pear It sometim*-* attack* the bn<Mof a youns sho^t. and rats it to the pith : nt other 



limes, it feed" iij">n the leavf-s of the cherry and jdum Its strong notclied mandible fits It 



admirably for work of this kind. 



The only way to rid n tn'e Infested with this insect, is to shake it smldenly in the 

 morning or evening while the insects are stiff and cold, and collect them uj on sheets sprrnd 

 f>eneath : the in^-cts, and the frtiit that fall, should be put into Iviiling watiV 



