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stage of their growth. But, though tlie crop. More rarely it attacks the pear 

 plum tree seems fond of saline matter, i blossom. Appears in March and April, 

 (and one of the most successful experi- : C.pyri. Pear Weevil. Dark brown, 

 inenters applied strong fish brine, at | very like the apple weevil. April. 

 the rate of three or four pails full to a | C. oblongus. Oblong Weevil. Red- 

 tree of moderate size,) it must be con- , dish-brown colour. Feeds on the young 

 fessed this is a somewhat dangerous : leaves of the peach, apricot, plum, pear, 



mode, as the roots are forced to re- 

 ceive a large supply of so powerful an 

 agent at once. 



" The best method of applying salt 



against the Plum-Weevil is that of; in March and April 



and apple. Appears in May. 



C. pleurofttigma. See Ambury. 



C. Uneatus. Striped Pea Weevil. 

 Ochreous colour, and striped. Appears 



strewing it pretty thickly over the sur- 

 face, when the piinrtured plums com- 

 mence dropping. The surface of the 

 ground should be made smooth and 

 hard, and fine packing salt may then be 

 evenly spread over it, as flir as the 



C. macular ins. Spotted Weevil. Gray 

 colour. April. Also destroys the pea. 

 Soot or lime sprinkled over peas early 

 in the morning before the dew is otf 

 from them, and so thickly as to cover 

 the soil about them, would probably 



branches extend, and about a fourth of save them. To mitigate the attack of 



an inch in depth. Should the weather 

 be fine, this coat will last until the fruit 

 infected has all fallen ; should it be dis- 

 solved or carried oft' by showers, it 

 must be replaced directly. The larvffi 

 or grubs of the Weevil, in this most 

 tender state, emerging from the plum 

 to enter the ground, will (all a prey to 

 the effect of the salt before they are 

 able to reach the soil. If this is care- 

 fully and generally practised, we have 

 little doubt of its finally ridding the 

 cultivator of this troublesome enemy, 

 even in the worst districts and soils."' 



C. ciiprnis. Copper-coloured Weevil. 

 Attacks the leaves and young shoots of 

 the plum and apricot, as well as their 

 fruit. June and July. 



C. bacchus. Purple or Apple Weevil. 

 Pierces the fruit of the apple, deposit- 

 ing within it its eggs. June and July. 



" C. sulcatus. Colour, dull black. 

 Attacks the shoots and leaves of vines 

 in hot-houses in January, and those on 

 walls at the end of May or June. It 

 will also eat the leaves and fruit of the 

 peach. It deposits its eggs just below 

 the surface of the soil, and these not 

 only injure the roots of the vine, but 

 those of the seduni, saxifrage, trollius, 

 auricula, and primrose, detaching the 

 roots from the crowns.'" — Gard. Chron. 

 See a fuller description of this insect 

 under its modern name of Otyorh incus. 



C. alliarixB. Stem-boring Weevil. 

 Steel-green colour. Bores the shoots 

 and grafis of young fruit trees. Ap- 

 pears in June and July. 



the weevils upon trees, the only mode 

 is to spread a sheet beneath them, to 

 shake each branch, and to destroy those 

 beetles which fall. They usually feed 

 at night. 



C. nucum. Nut Weevil, of v\'hich the 

 maggot is so frequent in our filberts. 

 Mr. Curtis thus describes it: — "The 

 insect is brown, with darker bands ; is 

 about a quarter of an inch long, and has 

 a long horny beak, about the middle of 

 which are placed antenna;. When the 

 nut is in a young state the female weevil 

 deposits a single egg. The maggot is 

 hatched in about a fortnight, and con- 

 tinues feeding in the interior of the nut 

 till it is full grown. The nut falls when 

 the maggot has no legs, nor, indeed, 

 has it any use for them, being hatched 

 in the midst of its food ; and when the 

 nut remains on the tree, it forces itself 

 out of the hole it eats in the nut, and 

 falls almost immediately to the ground. 

 The only remedy we are aware of is, 

 in the course of the summer to fre- 

 quently shake the trees, which will 

 cause all the eaten nuts to fall to the 

 ground, when they must be collected 

 and burned." — Gard. Chron. 



C.picipes is a dull black, and is very 

 injurious in the vinery. 



C. tenebricosus infests the apricot. 

 Mr. Curtis says, that " every crevice iu 

 old garden-walls often swarms with 

 these weevils; and nothing v/ould prove 

 a greater check to their increase than 

 stopping all crevices or holes in walls 

 with mortar, plaster of Paris, or Roman 



C. pomorwn. Apple Weevil. Colour, \ cement, and the interior of hot-houses 

 dark brown. Attacks the blossom of | should be annually washed with lime ; 

 the apple, and often destroys the whole | the old bark of the vines under which 



