COLEOPTERA. 



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the Pea and Bjaii-weevife (Bruckus pisi and B. rufima- 

 nus), which spoil the prospects of the usual accompaai- 

 ment to your roast ducks, all belong to these long-nosed 

 Rhyncophora. Whole forests are sometimes fearfully 

 plagued by these insects. Scolytus destructor, a small 

 brown beetle,. bores into elm 

 trees and riddles them with 

 its tunnels, while other kinds 

 attack the pine trees and 

 cause serious loss. 



The species figured is the 

 Cryptorhyncus lapatJii, whose ^^ 

 larvae bore large cylindrical 

 holes in willow trees (Plate VL, 

 Fig. 2, magnified). 



The Longicornes' group 

 contains the pretty Musk- 

 beetle {Ceramhyx moschatus) (Plate VI., Fig. 7), an 

 elegant and beautiful beetle of metallic green with pur- 

 plish tint ; the elytra are minutely punctate, and the 

 long-jointed antennae gracefully curving are nearly the 

 length of the body, which is more than an inch long. 

 The scent is very peculiar, like musk, but to some it 

 more resembles attar of roses, A living specimen is 

 before me as I write, as is also the little yellow-and- 

 black banded Wasp-beetle {Clytus arietis), another of 

 the same group. 



If the welcome adjunct of the roast duck is liable to 

 be damaged by a weevil, that pleasant accompaniment 

 of a roast fowl, viz., the asparagus, is subject to the 

 attacks of a small Phytophagous beetle, the Grioceris 

 asparagi (Plate VL, Fig. 5, magnified). The asparagus 



L 2 



nr 



Scolytus destrcctor 

 (natural size and uiagnified). 



