ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY. 47 



THE APPLE CURCULIO. 



(Anthonomus quadrigibbus. Say.) 



The Apple Curculio has four humps and makes a round 

 puncture in the fruit, in which the eggs are deposited. 



Fig. 50. Apple Curculio. 



The larvae go down to the core. They pupate in about a 

 month in the fruit, and a fortnight or so later the perfect 

 insect appears. 



The only remedy known as yet to be at all useful is to 

 jar the infested apples off the tree and feed them to the 

 swine. 



THE PLUM GOUGER. 

 (Coccotorus Scutellaria. LeC.) 



The Plum Gouger is somewhat similar in habits to the 

 plum curculio. Its footless larvae bore into the seed, where 



Fig. 51. Plum Gouger. 



they live. The same remedies apply that are used for the 

 plum curculio. 



