LIFE HISTORY AND HABITS: THE ADULT. 103 
EGG AND FEEDING PUNCTURES: POSITION ON FRUIT AND VARIATION 
IN FORM. 
The position of the egg puncture on the young fruit, as would be 
surmised from observations on the process of oviposition, is deter- 
mined in a general way by the part affording the beetles the best 
anchorage for their feet during the work of excavating the puncture 
and crescent. This position will vary according to the age of the 
fruit, and also according to the kind, as whether plum, peach, apple, 
or other species. Some data were secured by Messrs. Girault and 
Rosenfeld as to the location of egg and feeding punctures, which are 
set forth in Tables LIL to LIV. In the case of the peach, it proved 
to be difficult to separate positively the two forms of punctures, and 
these are considered under the same heading. 
TaBLE LII.—Location of egg and feeding punctures of the plum curculio on wild plums, 
Myrtle, Ga., 1906. 
| Location of egg punc- Location of feeding 
Fruits examined. tures on fruit. 4% | punctures on fruit. 
F E 
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Groundeea4s5|ta2) es eons 45ers) Lau Te | eae ee 8 
Treees 23.2. 76 | 36 Ze oy Las Loo Sleeps 1 
Ground.../101 | 45 | 8 | 10} 21 | 17 | 10 |--..|- ee) tiga 9 
GOs=reee || alo Z 4 8 | 25 6 Sit 6 
Trees As. Te eSe Mea eLoel menesee tred Lop | = 1 1 2 
Ground 102 | 17| 14) 20| 5| 46] 5 Pal 2 
Treewscc 2 ASs | MASS esa esal lsu de ONAN a 4 
dow. 2-4 62 8 | 14 5 1} 34) 3 1 1 1 
Ground.../ 58} 2] 7] 3] 11] 45) 6 1 5 
Treas sts: 42 2/18 3 PALIT 3 Soe lear} 1 
be 782 \286 | 76 | 69 | 72 |279 | 98 | 14] 8|21|13] 42 
Taste LIII.—Location of egg and feeding punctures of the plum curculio, Myrtle, 
Ga., 1906. 
KIEFFER PEAR. 
F F Location of egg punc- Location of feeding 
RO SG tures on fruit. g | punctures on fruit. 
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Leagan ot eee are ee eee 160 | Ground 3 S| i ace et en ees 2)| 2 (er 1 
US ae OSA Ree CaaS Sopemete 100) |)Drees =.= 20 aea|Pdoa|) or]. 4] Lo! | br 2 
Ub = 6088) Seohe roe aes eee 100 | Ground 7 secu) fal ee ol eee 8| 2 Wi Bane oc 
Ate Oates ae raisin inte) > ans’ = 50" iree- ee a 40 Seer eet each e) |= SIN sce] 
| Se Go aR Oe eee, See 50 | Ground 9 Seer |e Hl wal A ec 
LLAST 5 IE See 50" |) "Tree. 23 . 260i isal to ibe Golcs [8.12 oe eS Ie 
on: bance Re eee ee nea oeees 50 | Ground 22 1 || 2 | oer 12 a | 5| 3 3 
hes aR eae ee eee DO) ||hireet esses 16 74) tes ee aS OR (4 Pe a a 
JN Oe S10) eee seer 159} 3] 9| 88 | 24] 35)77) 6| 2/45/11] 18 
