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The beetles appear early in spring, and may then be beaten from 

 the bushes. The female bores a hole with her proboscis in the very 

 young nut, and then deposits an egg. In a short time the grub 

 hatches out, and feeds on the fleshy portion of the nut. When full 

 fed in the autumn, the larva leaves the nut and pupates in the soil, 

 appearing as a perfect beetle in spring. 



When filberts or hazel-nuts are considered of importance as fruit, 

 the pest may be kept in check by beating the perfect beetles into 



a sheet or umbrella in spring ; or the 

 infested nuts, so far as they can be 

 recognised, may be gathered before 

 the escape of the larvae and burned. 



Genus Ehopalomesites. 

 Khopalomesites Tardyi (Curt.) 



This beetle is considered almost 

 exclusively an Irish species. It is 

 injurious to half -dead beech tim- 

 ber, and it may therefore be said 



Fig ' 81 "~RhSomesite S SSJl* 1 that [t considerably hastens its 



decay. Fig. 81 is a representation 

 of the damage done to half-decayed beech planking. I am indebted to 

 Professor Carpenter, Dublin, for the specimen from which the photo- 

 graph is taken. 1 



References to Literature consulted. 



Altum. Forstzoologie, iii. 



Carpenter, G. H. Entomological Papers. 



Fisher, W. R. Forest Protection. 



Fowler. British Coleoptera. 



Judeich und Nitsche. Forstinsektenkunde. 



Kaltenbach. Die Pflangenfeiude. 



MacDougall, Dr R. Stewart. The Biology of the Genus Pissodes. 



Nisbet. The Forester. 



Niisslin. Leitfaden der Forstinsektenkunde. 



Ormerod, E. A. Manual of Injurious Insects. 



Packard. Insects Injurious to Forest Trees. U.S.A. 



Rye. British Beetles. 



Theobald. The Animal Pests of Forest Trees. 



1 Comparatively rare in England. Commander Walker has taken it at Ply 

 mouth, and has it from the Hastings district. 



