268 Fiftieth Report on the State Museum 



Riley: in Canad. Entomol., iv, 1872, p, 19 (^. juiifonuis erroneously 

 referred to B. rectus); 4th Rept. Ins. Mo., 1872, p. 144 (injury, 

 life-history in brief of B. rectus^ probably B. unifonnis) 



Horn: in Proc. Amer. Philosoph. Soc, xiii, 1873, pp. 457, 458, 459 

 (describes B. caryatrypes and B. rectus, table of species). 



Blanchard : in Bull. Brook. Entomol. Soc, vii, 1884, p. 107 (table ot 

 species; B. caryatrypes, rectus and others). 



Hamilton: in Canad. Entomol., xxii, 1890, pp. 1-3, 7 (habits, distribu- 

 tion, parasites of B. caryatrypes [referred to B. proboscideus\ 

 and B. rectus); in Insect Life, iv, 1891, p. 130 [B. prohoscideus 

 and B. rectus commonly infesting chestnuts and chinquapins) 

 p. 131 (larval habits of B. prohoscideus). 



Lintner: 7th Rept. Ins. N. Y., 1891, p. 383 (mention); in Country 

 Gentleman, lix, 1894, p. 504 (brief mention); loth Rept. Ins. 

 N. Y., 1895, pp. 501, 517 (mention, all referred to B. caryatrypes). 



Riley-Howard: m Insect Life, iv, 1891, p. 93 i^B. prohoscideus and B. 

 rectus reared from chestnuts and chinquapins, notes on habits). 



McCarthy: in Bull. 105 N. C. Agricul. Expt. Stat., 1894, pp. 267-272, 

 fig. I (injuries by chestnut weevils, general account of B. pro- 

 hoscideus). 



Smith: in Rept. N. J. Agricul. Expt. Stat, for 1893, 1894, pp. 481-485 

 (general account of B. prohoscideus and B. rectus); Econom. 

 Entomol., 1896, p. 236. fig. 243 {B. rectus figured). 



CoMSTOCKS: Manual Study Ins., 1895, p. 593 {B. caryatrypes and B., 

 rectus mentioned). 



Sargent: in Card. Forest, viii, 1895, p. 8 (brief account after Smith). 



"Wormy chestnuts "*are familiar to all lovers of this favorite nut, 

 although k\\ can recognize the parent weevil of these unwelcome grubs. 

 In some seasons the chestnuts are so seriously infested that a large 

 proportion of the crop is rendered worthless by their attack. It not 

 infrequently happens that a lot of chestnuts are stored in some box or 

 vessel soon after gathering and are found a few weeks later badly infested 

 and sometimes almost destroyed by the white grubs or larvse of these 

 weevils. 



Chestnuts as a Market Crop. 



The growing of these nuts for market is an industry that is yet in its 

 infancy in this country, but it is one of considerable extent and may be 

 expected to develop to a much greater degree in the future. There are 

 many acres in this and other States now almost unproductive, which are 

 capableof producing large crops of the nut at a slight expense. Great 

 quantities of Spanish nuts are imported from year to year, although 

 equally good, if not better, ones can be grown here. As an instance of 

 what has been done along this line — the twenty acres of bearing Paragon 

 chestnut trees of Mr. H. M. Engle, Marietta, Pa., may be mentioned. 

 Native trees were cut on a steep hillside and the sprouts grafted to 



