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  REPORT 
  OF 
  NEW 
  JERSEY 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  162. 
  — 
  The 
  plum 
  curculio, 
  Conotrachelus 
  nenu- 
  

   phar: 
  a, 
  larva; 
  h, 
  adult; 
  c, 
  pupa: 
  enlarged. 
  

  

  C. 
  nenuphar 
  Hbst. 
  The 
  

  

  Plum 
  curculio; 
  

  

  throughout 
  the 
  State, 
  

  

  comrQon 
  V-VII 
  and 
  

  

  again 
  VIII. 
  Breeds 
  in 
  

  

  plum, 
  peach, 
  cherry 
  

  

  and 
  apple, 
  often 
  in 
  

  

  destructive 
  numbers, 
  

  

  and 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  

  

  serious 
  enemies 
  to 
  

  

  fruit 
  growing 
  in 
  New 
  

  

  Jersey. 
  May 
  be 
  con- 
  

   trolled 
  by 
  persistent 
  

  

  spraying 
  with 
  arsen- 
  

   ate 
  of 
  lead, 
  1 
  pound 
  

  

  in 
  20 
  gallons 
  of 
  water. 
  

   C. 
  seniculus 
  Lee. 
  Woodbury 
  VII, 
  VIII 
  (div); 
  Westville 
  VII, 
  Merchant- 
  

  

  ville 
  X, 
  Sea 
  Isle 
  VI, 
  Peermont 
  VI, 
  Anglesea 
  V, 
  31 
  (Brn). 
  

   C. 
  elegans 
  Say. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State 
  V, 
  VI 
  and 
  again 
  VIII, 
  IX; 
  larvae 
  

  

  feeding 
  on 
  underground 
  stems 
  of 
  "Amaranthus 
  retroflexus" 
  (Ch). 
  

   C. 
  aratus 
  Germ. 
  Atlantic 
  Co., 
  rare 
  (W). 
  

   C. 
  crataegi 
  Walsh. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State 
  on 
  quince, 
  and 
  sometimes 
  

  

  locally 
  injurious; 
  VI-VIII. 
  

   C. 
  naso 
  Lee. 
  Atlantic 
  Co. 
  (W) 
  ; 
  Anglesea 
  V, 
  VIII 
  (Brn) 
  ; 
  on 
  "Crataegus," 
  

  

  rare. 
  

   C. 
  posticatus 
  Boh. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State 
  V-IX; 
  not 
  rare. 
  

   C. 
  geminatus 
  Lee. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State 
  VIII 
  until 
  next 
  VII; 
  locally 
  

  

  common. 
  

   C. 
  cribricollis 
  Say. 
  Westville 
  I, 
  28, 
  sifting 
  (W). 
  

   C. 
  anaglypticus 
  Say. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State 
  VI. 
  

   C. 
  leucophaeatus 
  Fab. 
  New 
  Jersey 
  IX, 
  23 
  (Bland). 
  

   C. 
  fissunguis 
  Lee. 
  Along 
  the 
  river 
  front 
  near 
  Camden, 
  and 
  everywhere 
  

  

  along 
  shore 
  in 
  Mallow 
  swamps; 
  breeds 
  in 
  seed 
  pods 
  of 
  "Hibiscus" 
  sp. 
  

  

  RHYSSEMATUS 
  Chev. 
  

  

  R. 
  palmacollis 
  Say. 
  Hemlock 
  Falls 
  VII 
  (Bf). 
  

  

  R. 
  lineaticollis 
  Say. 
  Boonton 
  VI, 
  VII 
  (GG); 
  Caldwell 
  (Cr) 
  ; 
  Ft. 
  Lee, 
  in 
  

  

  seed 
  pods 
  of 
  milkweed 
  (Bt) 
  ; 
  Snake 
  Hill 
  (Sf 
  ) 
  ; 
  Madison 
  VII 
  <Pr) 
  ; 
  

  

  Newark 
  Dist. 
  (div); 
  Anglesea 
  VI 
  (Brn). 
  

  

  CHALCODERMUS 
  Sch. 
  

  

  C. 
  collaris 
  Horn. 
  lona 
  VI, 
  8 
  (Dke) 
  ; 
  Atlantic 
  City 
  (Castle); 
  Sea 
  Isle 
  VI, 
  

  

  Cape 
  May 
  VI 
  (Brn) 
  ; 
  Anglesea 
  V, 
  31, 
  VI, 
  28 
  (W). 
  

   C. 
  spin 
  if 
  er 
  Boh. 
  Newark, 
  one 
  specimen 
  on 
  cherry 
  blossoms 
  (Bf). 
  

  

  