June, '06] 



ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 



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evident that the normal food plant is oak. A band of " tan- 

 glefoot " was placed around the trunks of several trees at 

 evening, as the beetle seems to feed at night mostly, and 

 several beetles placed at the bottom of each tree. Out of 

 eight, three were found covered with the sticky mixture at 

 the base of one tree and none upon it. There is, no doubt, 

 that such a band placed on trees about March 1st will entirely 

 protect them. Where they are already upon the trees, thor- 

 ough spraying with strong arsenate of lead or Paris green, 

 one- half pound per barrel, was reported as effective. 



The habits of the weevils seem to be much like those known 

 of the imbricated snout weevil {Epiccerus imbricatus) , which 



this weevil quite closely resembles. The eggs are laid upon 

 fallen foliage or rubbish, the leaf being folded over them, in 

 bunches of from two to nine, thirty-five averaging four each. 

 While ovipositing the females remain mostly upon the ground, 

 feeding but little, while the males are in the trees and occa- 

 sionally descend to them. In no case were they observed go- 

 ing into the loose soil. Two females laid 50 and 60 eggs. The 

 eggs hatch in from three to eight weeks, averaging about a 

 month, hatching mostly about the middle of May. The larvae 

 feed upon roots, probably of the oak, but we were unable to 

 rear them. 



This species was first described by LeConte and Horn in 



