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c a r y ;i f Horn, H. uniform is l,ci'., H. n a s i c: u s Sa\ , H. ii; c t u s 

 Sa\', ami !>. <|ucrcus llorn. 



Natural enemies. Iliis species is apparently t xempt from llie attacks 

 of natural meniies. Messrs Riley and I toward record tiie rearing of 

 r r i c li a c i s rufipes Ashni. MS., Irom cocoons infesteil witli this insect, 

 and Holcocera tclandulella Rile\- from .St I.ouis .Mo., and statc'^ 

 liiat tiiis is probably from a Cecidomyiid intpiiline. It thus appears that 

 no undoubted parasitic enemy has yet been obtained. 



Bibliography 

 1S56 Fitch, Asa. In^. N. N'. ;,i Ktp't, |.. i4--4.i 

 1890 Packard, A. S. V. s. Km. Com, 5th Rep't, ]>. 216, ,527, 641 



Chestnut weevils 



JUilani)nis proboicidcus I'abr. ; Jia/ajihiKs rci/ns .Say. 



Wormy i liesliuils arc familiar 10 all lovors ot this lavoritc nut. though the jiurent 

 insects are not so well known as their unwelcome grubs. 



Che'stmils are so serioiisK' infested l)\' tiiis insect in some seasons that 

 a lar^e pro|)ortion of the cro]) is rentlereel worthless. It not infrecjuently 

 iiappcns that a lot of chestnuts storetl in some i)ox or vessel soon after 

 gathering an- foimd a few weeks later badK' infestetl and sonu-times nearly 

 entirely destroyed by the white o;rid)s or youns,; ol this wee\il. I he 

 chestnut is a \alual)le natixc nut, and one which is apparentl)' capable of 

 considerable development. 1 here are now man\' acres in this and other 

 .States almost unproductive which mi^ht [iroduce \av\^v crojjs ot this nut. 

 It is stated that i;Teat (juantities of .Spanish nuts are imported \early 

 thoui^h icpiall)' good, if not better ones, can be grown here. .Sexeral indi- 

 viduals arc- now engaged in growing this nut tor the market, and as an 

 diusiralion of what has been done, thi' 20 acres of bearing |)aragon trees of 

 Mr it. M. tangle. Marietta Pa., mav be mentioufd. Native trei-s wen- cut 

 on a stec]) hillside and the sprouts grafted to this inijiroved \ariety. and in 

 about three years the\- began to bear. The trees were kept trimmed and 

 the irround clear from tmderbrush, and it was stated in 1896 that the land 



