THE STRAWBERRY \\EE\1L IX MINNESOTA 111 



contained no eggs. It appears that the ohl weevils had sim])lv 

 migrated over to the everbearing patch and continued cutting oft" 

 the buds for a week or two after the berries of the lune-lx-aring 

 varieties had been gathered. If the buds are kept oft' for a week or 

 two after the June ^•arieties have been picked, no serious injur\- will 

 result and some of the w^eevils will be pre\ented from reaching 

 maturity-. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Adult. 



After Dietz — "A. sii;;iiatits Say — Robust, oval, piceous : elytra 

 red, denuded fascia and scutellar space darker, thinly clothed with 

 whitish pubescence. Beak moderately slender, feebly curved, 

 subopaque and rather densely striatopunctate ; median carina 

 smooth, distinct. Antennae testaceous, club darker, funicle rather 

 stout, outer joints distinctly wider, second joint distinctly longer 

 than the third, but not slender; joints 3-7 transversely rounded. 

 Eyes moderately convex, free behind. Head convex, occiput some- 

 w^hat shining, front with a few remote punctures, finely and indis- 

 tinctly rugulose, frontal puncture distinct. Prothorax wider than 

 long, moderately narrowed in front ; sides not strongly rounded, 

 feebly constricted at the apex and transversely impressed behind 

 the anterior margin ; surface rather coarsely and densely punctured, 

 pubescence condensed along the median line. Elytra less than one- 

 fourth wider at the base than the prothorax and about one-half 

 longer than wide, a little widened to behind the middle ; sides 

 feeblv rotuided ; striae impressed, punctures moderately large, 

 close set and becoming smaller towards the lateral margin ; inter- 

 spaces slightly convex, shining with an irregular row of fine punc- 

 tures ; the denuded fascia extends from the side to the third 

 interspace, another denuded spot on the second interspace ; scutellar 

 space and along the suture darker; scutellum and intrahumeral spot 

 denselv pubescent. Thorax underneath more densely clothed with 

 white, squamiform pubescence. Abdomen sparsely pubescent, 

 segments transversely strigose. first and second segments rather 

 long. Legs slender, femora feebly clavate. piceous, all armed with 

 a sharp, well-marked tooth ; tibiae paler, anterior feebly bisinuate. 

 middle and posterior nearly straight, tarsi pale, first joint elongate. 

 Long. 2-2.9 mm ; .08 — .12 inch." 



Pupa. 



(Fig. 6, PI. I.) Length 2.3 mm., width 1.5 mm.; color creamy 

 wdiite. The eyes are the first to turn to a dark reddish color, while 



