22 TRANSACTIONS OF THE SOCIETY. 



does feed in the beetle form, though he rather supposed he did. But whether 

 he does or does not feed, his organs of taste and smell are rather obsolete 

 or disused, for we are able to state, from observation, that many kinds of 

 odorous bodies which are obnoxious to many insects,, are not so to him. 



I have tried camphor upon the tree, watered it with solution of soap and 

 of tobacco, and I don't know that he was disturbed any further than he 

 would be mechanically by their application. 



I might here notice the inadequacy of other measures which have been 

 recommended to frustrate his operations, but prefer to proceed to a state- 

 ment of those means which will ensure success, if persevered in, and 

 prove satisfactory. 



As the notion is prevalent that he crawls up the body of the tree, I would 

 state that he flies on to it, and, therefore, it is useless to apply any prevent- 

 ive to keep him from ascending that way. 



I am free to state, that this insect cannot be combated without labor, 

 and the result secured will very far more than compensate for all labor be- 

 stowed, even in a pecuniary point of view. 



Believing, from my observation, that he cannot be successfully opposed 

 by preparations of soap, and infusions of odorous bodies thrown on to the 

 tree, by means of a syringe, I proceed to state the course which has been 

 followed with success, so far as I know. 



Our rule of action should be, direct aggression upon him, both in the 

 beetle and larva forms. In the pupa stage, he lies in the ground secured 

 from our search. 

 Watched, as the plum and fruit trees always should be, by the gardener, 

 27 as soon as his mark is seen 



on the plums, which will 

 la be generally as soon as the 



SpT plum is left naked by the 

 blossom, a sheet of sufli- 

 cient dimensions should be 

 suspended beneath the tree, 

 by two or three individu- 

 als, or otherwise ; then give 



™, . , , ^ , , .. . .V ., „ the tree a sudden rap, or 



The insect, when shook from the tree, assumes the above . . 



form,-eitherthatoftheupperorlo\verfigure, and keeps jar, and the insect imme- 



the fei^'iicd appearance a moment or two. diately falls upon it, and 



feigning himself dead, very much resembles a raisin seed in form, {fig. 27.) 



All the Curculios on the sheet should be crushed between the thumb and 



finger, and all the stung plums that fall from the tree should be put into 



the fire. 



I would impress upon the mind of the gardener the importance of assid- 

 uously attending upon their destruction in the month of June. The trees 



