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hooks, and a few other tubercles at the 

 taH. In the course of May a few of the 

 pupse hatch; they have, however, been 

 observed as early as April, and as late us 

 July. The male is intense black, clothed 

 with short hair and bristles; the eyes 

 reddish-brown, and meeting above ; face 

 inclining to chesnut-colour,with a bright 

 spot of the same on the crown ; the fore 

 part of the trunk bears four varying 

 whitish stripes ; the body is ashy-grey, 

 the segments blackish, at the base a deep 

 black; wings two, stained with black, 

 and beautifully irridescent ; the base and 

 poisers ochreous, the nervures of the 

 wings pitchy. 



The female is entirely ashy-grey, and 

 less bristly ; the eyes not meeting on the 

 crown, with a bright chesnut-coloured 

 stripe between them ; body oval, the 

 apex cone-shaped; horns and legs black- 

 ish ; wings and nervures lighter than in 

 the male, which it equals in size. Hid. 

 ANTHONY'MUS POMO'RUM. Apple "Wee- 

 vil. This insect shelters itself beneath 

 the scurfy bark during the winter, await- 

 ing the return of spring to renew its 

 attacks upon the blossom-buds. " This 

 insect," says Mr. Curtis, " commits great 

 devastation in apple-orchards, by destroy- 

 ing the stamens, pistil, and receptacle of 

 the flower. As soon as the blossom- 

 buds swell, the female beetle begins 

 to deposit her eggs. In calm weather, 

 she selects a good bud, and makes a hole 

 in it with her rostrum (long beak) ; she 

 fixes herself at the hole, lays one egg, 

 and goes on till she has deposited a con- 

 siderable number of eggs in separate 

 buds. The bud continues to swell, and 

 the petals (flower-leaves) nearly expand, 

 when suddenly the growth ceases, and 

 the petals wither, and assume a shri- 

 velled appearance. If one of these flower- 

 buds be examined when nearly expanded, 

 a small, white grub, with a black head, 

 will be found in the centre, which begins 

 to assume a yellowish colour ; a few days 

 later the grub will be found either wholly 

 or partially changed to a beetle, and, 

 should there be a small hole on the side 

 of the receptacle, the beetle will have es- 

 scaped, the transformation from the egg 

 to the perfect state not having occupied 

 more than a month. When this beetle, 

 or weevil, leaves the receptacle, it feeds 

 during the summer on the leaves of the 

 trees, and is seldom to be seen. In the 

 autumn, the weevils leave the trees and 



search for convenient hiding-places, un- 

 der stones about the trees, or under the 

 rough bark, in which they pass the winter. 

 Consequently, as they commence their 

 operations early in the spring, care should 

 be taken to remove all stones, dead 

 leaves, and other litter from under the 

 trees, as well as to scrape off the rough, 

 dead bark from them in the winter sea- 

 son. The apple-weevil is also very in- 

 jurious to pear trees. This beetle, or 



weevil, is scarcely one line and a half 

 long; its wing-cases are dark brown, 

 with whitish-grey stripes; its antennas 

 (horns or feelers) spring from the middle 

 of its beak, and all these parts, as well as 

 its eyes and the under part of the body, 

 are black." 



There are several nearly-allied species 

 of predatory weevils, which -will be found 

 under the name of CURCD'IIO. 



ANTHOSPE'EMUM. (From anthos, a 

 flower, and sperma, seeds. Nat. ord., 

 Cinclwniads [Cinchoniaceas, formerly Ru- 

 biacese]. Linn., 22-Diccci.a4^-Tetrandria.) 



Cuttings in sand, under a bell-glass ; peat and 

 loam; summer temp., 50 to 65; winter, 40 to 

 45. 



A. Mthio'picum (Ethiopian). 2. Green and white. 



June. Cape of Good Hope. 1692. 

 ANTHU'RIUM. (From anthos, a flower, 

 and oura, a tail ; referring to the spadix. 

 or Arum flower-spike. Nat. ord., Oron- 

 tiads [Orontiacese], Linn., k-Tetrandria 

 \-Monoyynia. Allied to Pothos.) 



Stove Epiphytes. Sucker; peat and loam. 

 Temp, in summer, 60 to 85 ; winter, 50 to 55. 

 A. longifo'lia (long-leaved). 1. Apetal. Mexico. 



182Q. 

 rubc'sncns (reddish). Brown. September. 



Brazil. 1828. 



There are five other epecies, but undeserving 

 cultivation. 



ANTHY'LLIS. (From anthcs^ a flower, 

 and ioulos, down ; literally, downy flower. 

 Nat. ord., Leauminous Plants [Faba- 



