110 Insect Pests. 



French apple orchards. Germany and Austria are also countries in 

 which it is found. 



Eecently it has apparently appeared in America, Dietz recording 

 it in the Transactions of the American Entomological Society (8) ; 

 and Dr. Lintner (9), in his list of Apple Insects of the United States, 

 also records its presence. 



Miss Ormerod, in the report referred to before, says : " Anything 

 deterrent, such as common whitewash with a little paraffin in it, or 

 soft soap, with a little paraffin or sulphur added, and well applied to 

 the stems and branches, would be likely to be of some service in 

 keeping off attack." 



What one must aim at, I fancy, most of all in this attack is the 

 destruction of the diseased blossoms, and the jarring off of the beetles 

 on to tarred cloths ; whilst the destruction in the winter of the lichens, 

 etc. (as well as the cleaning of the bark), by spraying the trees with 

 either lime and salt or caustic soda wash is advisable. 



Natueal Enemies. 



Amongst the natural enemies of the Apple Weevil is an Ichneu- 

 mon fly of the genus Fimjjla, which deposits its eggs in the Weevil 

 larvfe. The Tits (Faridai) and Woodpeckers (Picidcc) also eat them 

 greedily, especially the hibernating beetles. 



References. 



(1) Kollar, Vincent. ' A Treatise on Insects Injurious to Gardeners, Foresters 



and Farmers,' p. 245 (1840). 



(2) Fowler, Canon. ' Coleoptera of the British Isles,' voh V., p. 318 (1891). 



(3) Whitehead, Sir C. Eeport on Insects Injurious to Fruit Crops, p. 20 



(1886). 



(4) Curtis, J. Gardeners' Chronicle, p. 556 (1844). 



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(5) Whitehead, Sir C. Leaflet A -y— Board of Agriculture (1893). 



(6) Ormerod, E. A. Fourteenth Eejiort on Injurious Insects, p. 13 (1891). 



(7) Theobald, F. V. Entomologists' ^lonthly Magazine, vol. YII., 2nd Se., 



p. 60 (1896). 



(8) Dietz, F. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, XVIII., 



p. 204. 



(9) Lintner, Dr. Eleventh Report of the N. York State Entomologist, p. 270 



(1896). 



(10) Theobald, F. V. ' The Apple Blossom Weevil,' p. 15 (1897). 



(11) Theobald, F. V. Report on the Insect Pests in the Orchards of Wor- 



cestershire (1906). 



