14 THE PLUM CURCULIO. 
Augen find fdhwarg, und ftehen nidt vor; die Fiuhlhsrner find braun. Der Brujtfbild 
ift braun und qreisjchectig, auf dem Riicken ijt eine jehr feine erhdhete Linie, an jeder 
Seite Derfelben fteht nach vorne gu ein grojer erhoheter jdwarzer Puntt, und ein Eeinerer 
nach hinten gu, die Eleineren ftehen etwas dichter an der Wittellinie. Das Schildfein Liegt 
tief. Die Deckfhilde find braun und qreisfchectig, und haben erhohete ftets abgebrochene 
Linien, einige erhohen fic) mehr, andre weniger, eine auf dev Witte neben der Math erhoahet 
id) weit ftarter, al3 Die iibrigen, und wird ein grofer [dwarjer, Langlider, fcharj, fiel- 
Srmig erhdheter Hocker; mehr nad) der Spite Zu auch neben der viath fteht wieder eine 
ftarE erhdhete abgebrodjene Linie, die gweyte am Rang, aber nicht der auf dem Ricken 
gleich. Die Fife find auch braun und greisfchectig, die Hiiften gweymal gedornt. 
Das Vaterlanod ijt ordamerifa. 
In 1802 the insect was redescribed by Fabricius in Systema Eleu- 
theratorum under the name Rhynchenus argula; in his catalogue of 
the Insects of Pennsylvania, published in 1806, Rey. F. V. Mel- 
sheimer used for the plum curculio the name Curculio persice; and in 
1819 Peck in the Massachusetts Agricultural Repository and 
Journal named the species Rhynchenus cerasi. Dejean lists the cur- 
culio in his Catalogue des Coléoptéres, published in 1833, as Cono- 
trachelus variegatus, and in Sturm’s Catalogue (1843) it is given as 
Conotrachelus gibbosus Melsheimer. 
The generic position of the insect has been changed from time to 
time according to the ideas of different writers. Our species appears 
first to have been referred to Conotrachelus in 1837 by Schoenherr 
in his. Genera et Species Curculionidum under Fabricius’s name 
argula. This genus, accredited by some writers to Latreille, was 
fully characterized by Schoenherr, who is cited by Le Conte and Horn 
and by other systematists as author of the genus. In Say’s Ento- 
mology of North America, published in 1831, the name Crypto- 
rhyncus argula is used. 
The present synonymy of the species is therefore as follows: 
1797. Curculio nenuphar Herbst, Kifer, Natursystem aller Insekten, VII, p. 29, Tafeln, 
99, f. 8, H. 
1801. Rhynchenus argula Fabricius, Systema Eleutheratorum, II, p. 467. 
1806. Curculio persice Melsheimer, Catalogue of the Insects of Pennsylvania (No. 
589), p. 28. 
1819. Rhynchxnus cerast Peck, Mass. Agric. Repos. and Journ., V, p. 312. 
1831. Chryptorhynchus argula Say (Descr. N. Am, Curculionides), Ent. North America, 
I, p. 285 (1859). 
1833. Conotrachelus variegatus Dejean, Cat. des Coléoptéres, 2d ed., p. 297; 3d ed., p. 
321; lists as variegatus. 
1843. Conotrachelus gibbosus Melsheimer, Sturm’s Catalogue, p. 222. 
COMMON NAMES. 
The plum curculio has been referred to in literature under many 
common names, as the fruit curculio, curculio, cherry weevil, peach 
weevil, peach curculio, peach worm, plum curculio, nenuphar, little 
Turk, Turk, kerkelo, little joker, ete. ‘Simply ‘‘curculio” or ‘fruit 
curculio’”’ was employed in many of the earlier articles, though “plum 
weevil” is also frequently to be noted. The word curculio is of 
