INSECTS INJURIOUS IN 1902. 65 
THE NEW YORK WEEVIL. 
Ithycerus noveboracensis, Forster. 
Specimens of this large snout beetle have been received this 
summer with statement that they were injuring apple and plum 
trees. Aa FR 
The Beetle is about two-thirds of an inch long, gray, with 
small black spots and white lines on its back. It is extremely 
destructive, feeding upon various kinds of fruit trees, but par- 
ticularly upon plum trees in the spring, in May or June, eating 
Fig. 56.—Ithycerus noveboracensis Forst., eating bark and leaves of plum. 
Lugger. 
buds, leaves and twigs. The egg it is said, is deposited in a hole 
made in the bark by the female. It is evident that remedial 
measures are most advantageously applied before the eggs are 
laid. It is therefore suggested that as soon as the Beetles are 
observed they be destroyed by frequent jarring, catching them 
on a sheet or white cloth beneath the tree, and destroying them. 
As an auxiliary to this leaves and trees may be poisoned with 
Paris Green, using the same proportions with lime as recom- 
mended in discussion of “Blister Beetles on Windsor Beans.” 
Fig. 62, on page 69, also represents this beetle. 
Other injurious insects occurring during the past season were 
as follows: 
Scolytids, on box elders. 
Various Jassids, or “Leaf Hoppers.” 
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