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iii January ; tarring the trunks in early spring would probably be of 

 service, and also tapping the boughs during the first warm days, as the 

 beetles fall readily it alarmed; as the weevil never attacks the buds 

 after they have begun to open, those orchards that have plenty of light 

 and air, and in which the buds rapidly expand, are less likely to suffer 

 than those in which there is a lot of undergrowth which is retarded for 

 want of proper sunlight and thus affords material that still continues 

 available to the weevils for laying their eggs in ; further notes on the 

 species will be found given by Miss Ormerod in her " Manual of Injuri- 

 ous Insects" (1st Ed., p. 269). 



The males may be distinguished from the females by having the 

 rostrum proportionately a little shorter, and, as a rule, duller, and the 

 la-t ventral segment is sometimes somewhat variable iu the sexes. 



I. Elytra with a transverse or very slightly oblique band of 

 white pubescence on each, behind middle, sometimes 

 meeting at suture ; colour red or ferruginous, sometimes 



darker before the "elytra! band than at apex, 

 i. Thorax aud elytra comparatively flat if viewed side- 

 ways, sides of the former slightly rounded ; elytra with 

 a little oblong tubercle or small prominence at the base 

 of the third interstice. 



1. Teeth of anterior femora very strong ; rostrum 

 longer and more slender with the antennas inserted 

 further from apex ; anterior tibiae very deeply 



sinuate on their interior margin towards base. 



A. Length 3^-4 mm. ; interstices of elytra dull, 



distinctly rugose transversely A. ULMI, De G. 



B. Length 2-2f mm. ; interstices of elytra rather 



shining, comparatively sirooth A. RosiJf.*:, Det Gozig. 



2. Teeth of anterior femora evidently smaller and less 

 strong ; rostrum shorter and thicker, with the 

 antenna? inserted nearer to apex ; anterior tibiae 

 almost straight, and scarcely sinuate on their 



interior margin A. PEDICULAEICS, L. 



ii. Thorax and elytra separately convex if viewed side- 

 ways, sides of the former strongly rounded ; elytra 

 without tubercle or prominence at the base of the 

 third interstice ; interstices rather shining, almost 

 smooth A. CHEVROLATijDesfcr. 



II. Elytra with scattered whitish or yellowish pubescence 

 which, however, does not form distinct bands ; colour 

 pitchy brown or pitchy black, with the legs more or less 



testaceous A. COXSPEKSUS, Desbr. 



III. Elytra with a strongly oblique (very rarely transverse) 

 band of whitish pubescence on each, sometimes meeting 

 at suture; colour fuscous or pitchy-black, with the legs 



more or less pitchy or pitchy-ferruginous A. POMOKUM, L. 



IV. Elytra without distinct bauds cxr markings of pube- 

 scence, but with the pubescence fine and scanty, and evenly 

 distributed over the whole surface, which appears, unless 



closely examined, to be almost glabrous. 

 5. Rostrum shining ; anterior femora with a stronger 

 tooth; colour variable, but in British specimens red, 



