WEEVIL. / 



since the CurcuUo argentatus, a small insect of 

 about a quarter of an inch in length, and of the 

 most beautiful gold or silver-green colour, ex- 

 hibits, when viewed with a microscope, a splendor 

 of a similar nature, and produced by a covering of 

 similar scales, shining with a metallic lustre. It is 

 frequently seen during the summer months in fields 

 and gardens. 



So very extensive is the genus Curculio, that 

 Mr. Marsham, in his Entomologia Britannica, enu- 

 merates no fewer than 234 British species, 



