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  This 
  species 
  is 
  widely 
  distributed 
  from 
  the 
  Atlantic 
  to 
  Utah 
  and 
  

   Arizona, 
  except 
  in 
  the 
  most 
  northern 
  states. 
  It 
  is 
  especially 
  common 
  

   on 
  sandy 
  soil 
  and 
  east 
  of 
  the 
  Mississippi. 
  Eggs 
  have 
  been 
  found 
  on 
  the 
  

   pear 
  and 
  strawberry 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  wild 
  sensitive-pea 
  (Cassia 
  marilandica). 
  

   They 
  are 
  elongate-cylindrical, 
  pale 
  yellowish, 
  smooth, 
  and 
  shining. 
  

   They 
  are 
  placed 
  side 
  by 
  side 
  in 
  irregular 
  rows 
  within 
  a 
  concealment 
  

   made 
  by 
  gluing 
  together 
  two 
  adjacent 
  leaves, 
  or 
  by 
  turning 
  over 
  the 
  

   edge 
  of 
  the 
  leaf 
  and 
  gluing 
  it 
  securely 
  to 
  the 
  surface. 
  A 
  female 
  of 
  

   this 
  species. 
  kept 
  under 
  observation 
  in 
  Washington 
  laid 
  five 
  hundred 
  and 
  

   forty 
  eggs, 
  which 
  hatched 
  in 
  from 
  ten 
  to 
  fifteen 
  days. 
  The 
  larvee 
  have 
  

   not 
  as 
  yet 
  been 
  raised 
  to 
  maturity, 
  but 
  they 
  seem 
  to 
  thrive 
  in 
  confine- 
  

   ment 
  on 
  strawberry 
  leaves. 
  There 
  is 
  apparently 
  but 
  one 
  generation 
  in 
  

   a 
  year, 
  the 
  species 
  hibernating 
  as 
  an 
  adult. 
  The 
  beetles 
  have 
  been 
  

   found 
  abundant 
  in 
  early 
  spring 
  along 
  the 
  Potomac, 
  and 
  we 
  have 
  col- 
  

   lected 
  them 
  throughout 
  the 
  season 
  up 
  to 
  August 
  ist. 
  They 
  are 
  most 
  

   injurious, 
  however, 
  in 
  May. 
  The 
  eggs 
  have 
  been 
  noticed 
  April 
  24th 
  to 
  

   July 
  6th. 
  The 
  first 
  adults 
  of 
  the 
  season 
  seem 
  to 
  appear 
  about 
  Septem- 
  

   ber 
  ist, 
  and 
  specimens 
  of 
  this 
  generation 
  have 
  been 
  taken 
  by 
  us 
  in 
  

   October. 
  

  

  When 
  disturbed 
  the 
  beetles 
  drop 
  to 
  the 
  ground, 
  apparently 
  feigning 
  

   death, 
  and 
  they 
  can 
  consequently 
  easily 
  be 
  destroyed 
  by 
  knocking 
  

   them 
  off 
  the 
  plants 
  into 
  pans 
  of 
  water 
  covered 
  with 
  kerosene. 
  

  

  The 
  Black 
  Vine-Weevil. 
  

  

  Otiorhynchiis 
  sulcatus 
  Fabr. 
  

  

  This 
  European 
  species 
  seems 
  not 
  to 
  thrive 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  States. 
  

   Although 
  it 
  is 
  found 
  from 
  New 
  York 
  northwest 
  into 
  Canada 
  and 
  has 
  

   long 
  been 
  known 
  on 
  this 
  continent, 
  it 
  is 
  still 
  comparatively 
  rare 
  here, 
  

   and 
  its 
  injuries 
  have 
  been 
  confined 
  mainly 
  to 
  greenhouse 
  plants, 
  espe- 
  

   cially 
  the 
  fern 
  and 
  cyclamen. 
  In 
  Europe 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  troublesome 
  pest, 
  eat- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  leaves 
  and 
  shoots 
  of 
  grape, 
  strawberry, 
  raspberry, 
  mangel-wurzel, 
  

   primrose, 
  etc. 
  The 
  eggs 
  are 
  laid 
  in 
  the 
  earth 
  at 
  the 
  roots 
  of 
  the 
  plant 
  

   infested 
  by 
  the 
  adult. 
  There 
  is 
  but 
  one 
  brood 
  a 
  year, 
  and 
  the 
  species 
  

   passes 
  the 
  winter 
  in 
  the 
  larva 
  stage. 
  The 
  pupa 
  is 
  formed 
  in 
  April, 
  and 
  

   the 
  beetles 
  appear 
  in 
  April 
  and 
  May. 
  They 
  are 
  nocturnal 
  in 
  their 
  habits, 
  

   feeding 
  only 
  in 
  the 
  night 
  and 
  hiding 
  usually 
  by 
  day. 
  They 
  are 
  conse- 
  

   quently 
  readily 
  collected 
  under 
  chips, 
  pieces 
  of 
  board, 
  etc., 
  like 
  the 
  

   plum-curculio. 
  

  

  The 
  Clay-colored 
  Weevil. 
  

  

  Otiorhynchus 
  singular 
  is 
  Mann. 
  {O. 
  picipes 
  Ydihr.). 
  

  

  This 
  European 
  species, 
  but 
  little 
  known 
  in 
  this 
  country, 
  is 
  a 
  nox- 
  

   ious 
  pest 
  in 
  England, 
  swarming 
  out 
  at 
  night 
  from 
  their 
  day-time 
  retreats. 
  

  

  