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AKUOllETUM AND KIIUTICETUM. 



PAIIT 111. 



the tree, eats a hole tliroiigh the shell with its stroiii,' jaws, and pushes itself 

 rlirou<»h the aperture tlius made; although it appears too small to admit 

 the body, which contracts itself to get through, and then falls to the ground, 

 having no legs to support itself on the husk. Legs, however, would be an 

 incunrbrance to the insect, as it is born in the midst of its food ; and when 

 this is consumed its feeding time has terminated, and it is ready to make its 

 way into the earth; where it forms an oval cell, and changes into a pupa; 

 soon after which the perfect insect 

 makes its appearance. In Jig. lO-iT., 

 a shows the wound made by the 

 introduction of the egg into the 

 young fruit ; b, the hole in the 

 inaturc fruit, by which the larva 

 has made its exit; r is the larva; 

 d, the pupa ; and e, the perfect in- 

 sect (these last three figures being 

 represented about one third larger 

 than the natural size). The tip of 

 the rostrum, magnified, is shown at 

 /; g being the jaws, and h a side 

 view of a single jaw. In addition 

 to this insect, Orchestes avellunip 

 (one of the small flea weevils), 

 Strophosomus coryli, Apoderus 

 c6ryli, .^ttelabus curculionides, 

 Troplderes niveirostris, Rhjn- 

 chites Bacchus, and Polydrusus 

 argentatus, are found in the nut ; 

 as well as the following, belongin 



to tht 



aa «cii ao 1.1..- .v.i.^"...5, .. a—a - ChrysomelidEC : — Chrysomela 



cocclneaandhemisphag'rica; Clythral6ngipes,4-punctata,tridenlata,andaurita; 

 Cryptocephalus bipunctatus, cordiger, coryli, and C-punctatus ; and Hispa 

 pectinicornis. Amongst the Linnaean Heniiptera are : C'imex coryli, avellanie, 

 and annulatus Linn; Cicada aurita, bicordata, and coryli ; A^phis coryli; and 

 Coccus coryli. Hemerobius hirtus, amongst neuropterous insects; and 

 AUantus coryli, amongst the saw-flies, complete the list of the chief species 

 of insects which feed upon the common nut. 



Fungi on the Hazel. On the wood and fallen branches : w4garicus galeri- 

 culatus 5'cop., Sow. t. 165., and fig. 13883. in the Enci/clopcEclia of Plants ; 

 A. polygrammus Dec, syn. A. fistulosus. Bull. t. 518., and fig. 15884. in 

 the EncyclopcBciia of Plants ; and A. striatulus Pers., a minute resupinate 

 species ;'Thelcphora rugosa Pcrs., syn, T. rorylea P<?;\s., remarkable for its 

 blood-stained hue, when rubbed or scratched ; T. Jvellanae Fr.; Clavaria Arde- 

 tiia Sow. t. 215, and fig. 16171. in the Encyclopcedia of Plants; Peziza 

 furfuracea Fr. ; SphasVia fusca Pcrs. ; S. verrucieformis Ehrh. ; S, dece- 

 dens ; Dem^tium griscimi Fr. ; Torula antennata Pcrs. On the roots, Jga- 

 ricus radicatus Rclli. On the leaves : S. yivcUanas Schmidt, a highly curious 

 species which has, in the present year, occurred abundantly in Northamp- 

 tonshire, but appears not to have been found before, since its first detection 

 by Schmidt; Spha;Via gnomon Todc ; i'rysiphe guttata Schlccltt. On the nuts, 

 Peziza fructigena Bull., already noticed under the beech, fig. 1900. p. 1974. 



Commerc'ud Statistics. The price of plants, in the London nurseries, is : one- 

 year's seedlings, \Qs. per thousand; two-years' seedlings, 15.?. per thousand; 

 transplanted, from 1 ft. to 2 ft. high, 30s. per thousand ; transplanted, from 

 2 ft. to 3ft. high, 50.V. per thousand. Plants of the different varieties are \s. 

 each. Price of English nuts, in Covent Garden market, from 2s. to 2s. per peck ; 

 of Barcelona nuts, from bs. to 6s. jier peck ; of English filberts, from 4/. 10s. 

 to 5/. per 100 lb. Price of plants, at Bollwyller, of the varieties, from 2 

 francs to b francs each ; at New York, the varieties are from 25 cents to 

 50 cents each. 



