OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



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we find the snout-beetles as injurious, and as difficult to manage — if 

 not more so — than they are in this country. One species (Rhynchltes 

 conicus, Herbst.,) deposits eggs in the twigs of Pear, Plum, Cherry 

 and Apricot, and girdles the twig to make it fall; another, (Rltyn- 

 Gliites bacohus, Schoen.) infests the fruit, and still another (Antliono- 

 mus pyri, Schoen.) the flower bud of the Pear. One, {Rhynohites 

 letuleti, F,,) rolls up grape leaves and partly cuts the stems, so that 

 they perish, while another, (Anihonomus pomonan, Schcen.,) infests 

 the blossom bud of the Apple, and renders it unfertile. Still another 

 inhabits the blossom bud of the Cherry. Balaninus nucum is found 

 in their common Hazel-nut, and B. oerasorum in Cherry pits; Apion 

 aprieans devours the seed of Clover ; Otiorhynchus sulcatus, Schcen., 

 infests the crown of strawberries and two different species (Baris 

 chlorisans, Schcen., and Ceutorhynchus napi, Schcen.,) infest the 

 stems of cabbages and turnips. 



But after all, a single species— the " little Turk," for instance- 

 sometimes causes more loss of fruit in this country than all the above 

 enumerated species do to the European cultivator, and though much 

 of this comparative incapacity for harm, on the part of their insects, 

 may be in a measure due to the better knowledge of his foes which 

 the transatlantic cultivator possesses ; to the more careful culture 

 which he pursues, and the usually limited extent of his orchard, com- 

 pared with ours; yet it greatly depends on other causes, which it 

 is not necessary now to dwell upon. So I will at once proceed to 

 say a few words about those of our own Snout-beetles, which more 

 particularly interest us. 



THE COMMON PLUM CUPCULIO— Co?iotrac/iehcs nenuphar, 



Herbst. 



IT IS SINGLE BROODED, AND HIBERNATES AS A BEETLE. 



I shall not here repeat what has already been published about 

 [Fig. l.] this insect ; but shall confine my remarks 



principally to the unsettled and mooted 

 points in its natural history, and to the new 

 discoveries that have been made since the 

 appearance of my first Report. I am glad 

 to be able to say that I have forever set- 

 tled the principal question, namely, as to 

 its beingsingle ordouble brooded. Authors 

 have, from the beginning, held different 

 views on this subject, and this fact should 

 not surprise us, when we bear in mind that 



