140 : THE PLUM CURCULIO. 
tain itself most successfully, and puts in its appearance in the spring 
in numbers with much regularity. Under favorable conditions for 
development, as in neglected orchards, they often become excessively 
abundant, but for any locality do not show as a rule any great varia- 
tion in numbers from season to season. Although the cureulio in 
its egg, larval, and pupal stages lives well protected—as in the fruit 
and below the soil—yet it is subject to the attack of several species 
of parasites. 
PARASITIC INSECTS. 
(Anaphes) Anaphoidea conotracheli Girault. 
Only one parasite of the egg of the curculio is known, namely, 
(Anaphes) Anaphoidea conotracheli Girault, first reared by the senior 
author in 1902 at 
College Park, Md., 
and next from ma- 
terial collected in 
1905 at Fort Valley, 
Ga. (See fig. 25.) 
The description of 
this species by Gir- 
ault will be found 
in Entomological 
News.!. These mi- 
nute insects, barely 
visible to the naked 
eye, are quite active, 
jumping readily 
when disturbed. 
This parasite ap- 
Fig. 25.—(Anaphes) Anaphoidea conotracheli, an egg parasite of the pears to be widely 
plum curculio. (Original.) 
\ LID 
distributed, and has 
been reared from eggs of the plum curculio in the fruits indicated, 
from the following localities: 
Taste LXXX.—Records of rearings of (Anaphes) Anaphoidea conotracheli, various 
localities. 
Localities. | Date. Fruit. 
Berlin, «Connisnoe-.a-nea nee sete eee July: 3-185 19052 cee. cee aes ee ace Plum. 
Wiashinetonb iCsce sae cee eee Mary 9-31 ".1905 S82 25s oa ee ne eae Plum, apricot. 
Colleper Park Md 3.22 s2ho8. 2 5oe5 see DULY 22-29 190 bse ee eee eee Apple. 
Riverdale MiGke a ssa See May 3- July 24 1905 cacao eee Apple, plum. 
Anmandels Maar. sssaatenue. tach May 16-June 15, LOO Sven see See Peach, pear, plum. 
Arlington, Via. ..--52 s+ De ene Junea3—July, 13° 1905-22. 4-5. see Peach, cherry, apple. 
Alexandria. \Viateto.22 cone sees .aa sie June 15-16, 1905. Saas cscs ae Apple, cherry. 
MastiballsiChurchViesses eee: ) a) Ae ho 190 bese ae Apple. 
WiGLOLIA, LOkzop ee aoeeseee ee ices =a |) Jaume 15 L005 secre. ee eee Plum. 
Tryon, iS SE apelin ein May: 20519052 3-2 cies ae ee ee Do. 
Lexington, Reyes Sock 2.1) Jen SOO 5 aes yee ae eee Do. 
Ardmore, Okla.. oa May/30, G05 sae ene ---| Wild plum. 
Fort V alley, Ga. .| May 9-June 28, 1905... . Wild plum, Japan plum. 
Myrtle, Ga... 2.2. .--| Apr. 26—-May 138, 1906. Wild plum. 
Charlottesv ille, Va.. ee || Mayas 190 rec pes eee : Apple. 
Barnesville Gat w-\secemee one ee May 17-26, 1910......-- Wild plum. 
1 Ent. News, vol. 16, p. 220 (1905). 
