Insects, etc.. Injurious to the Strawberry. 463 



■attacked, the little Aveevils eating out round holes into the fruit, 



usually but little larger than themselves. 



These holes are very characteristic; they are round, the entrance 



being smaller than the space within. 



The beetles were found in these holes 



at dusk and early morning. This 



damage had previously been put down 



to slugs. I know nothing of the life- 

 history of this insect. 



The beetle varies from \ inch to a 



little over in length ; it is elongated 



oval in form, black in colour, some in- 

 clining to deep shiny brown ; fresh 



specimens show^ scanty grey pubescence ; 



the snout is broad and has a central 



furrow, and the long slender antenn;i' 



are red ; the wing cases have very 



coarsely punctured stria\ The legs are 



reddish. The male is very like the 



female, 1)ut the front tibia^ are curved 



at the apex. 

 Fowler records this beetle as foUow^s: — 



London district, Kent and Surrey, com- 

 mon everywhere ; it appears to be more 

 or less general as far north as the 

 Lancaster district and Cheshire, but it 

 ceases entirely in the nortli and is not 

 recorded from the Northumberland and 

 Durham district, nor has Dr. Sharp ever 

 come across a Scotch example, although 

 it must be admitted that Murray records 

 it as " occasionally in Scotland. Ireland, 

 Malahide, near Dublin (Power), Armagh," 

 etc. 



Its habits seem very similar to those 

 of other weevils. It shelters in moss, and 

 is said to do so in woods. 



I found in my garden that, by })utting 

 down large pieces of damp bark with 

 moss on it between the rows, the beetles 



collected there and so were easily trapped. In future attacks this 



misht be borne in mind and tried asain. 



Ilnrw,. Knhjht. 

 ;awiskki:v weevil 

 u>elfm-nns). 



FIG. oOj.— STRAWBERRY E 

 SMALL WEEVIL. 



