INSECTS AKI-IU yXi, PARK AM) WOODLAND TKEES 585 



c a r y a c Horn, H. uniform is Lee, H. n a s i c ii s Sav, H. rectus 

 Sa\', ami U. (| u c r c u s Horn. 



Natural enemies. This species is a|>i)arently exempt from tlu: attacks 

 of natural enemies. Messrs Riley aiul Howartl recortl the rearing- of 

 T r i c h a c i s r u f i p e s Ashm. MS., from cocoons infesteil with this insect, 

 ami Holcocera ^- 1 a n d u 1 e 1 1 a Riley from .St Louis Mo., and states 

 that this is j)rol)al)ly from a Cecidonniitl in(|uiline. It thus appears that 

 no undoubted parasitic enem\- has yet been obtained. 



Bibliography 

 1X56 Fitch, Asa. Ins. N. V. 3,1 Kt-p't, p. 142-4.? 

 1X90 Packard, A. S. U. S. Knt. Com. 5th Rep't, p. 216, 327, 641 



Chestnut weevils 



Jux/cntiinis prolwsn'dcus Pabr. ; Balaninus rectus .Sa)'. 

 Wormy chestnuts art- l.muliar to all lovers of tliis Invorite nut, though the parent 

 insects ;ire not so well know 11 as their unwelcome grulis. * 



Chestnuts are so seriously infested by this insect in some seasons that 

 a large proportion of the crop is rendered worthless. It not infrequently 

 happens that a lot of chestnuts stored in some box or vessel soon after 

 gathering are found a few weeks later badl\' infested and sometimes nearly 

 entirely destrtjyed b\' the white grubs or \"()ung of this wee\il. The 

 chestnut is a valual)le native nut, and one which is apparenth' cajjable of 

 considerable de\elopment. There are now many acres in this and other 

 States almost unproductive which might produce large crops of this nut. 

 It is stated that great cpiantities of Spanish nuts are imijorted \early 

 though equally good, if not better ones, can be grown here. Several indi- 

 viduals are now engaged in growing this nut for the market, and as an 

 illustration of what has been done, the 20 acres of bearing paragon trees of 

 Mr H. M. Rngle, Marietta Pa., may be mentioned. Native trees were cut 

 on a steep hillside and the sprouts grafted to this improved variety, and in 

 about three years they began to bear. The trees were kept trimmed and 

 the ground clear from underbrush, and it was stated in 1896 that the land 



