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ilisfovered spocinieiis of our own iudigeiious 

 -bug"' {BiiicJins jih!) just Uiselosed ill a parcfl 

 ^ wliic-h lir had takfu with liim Irom Aiiieric!i, no 

 r lir was tljrown into siuli a trepidation, lest lie 



be tlic iii.-liniiieiit of introducing so fatal an evil 

 •■ l)C'loved Sweden; anil tlic N. Y. Farmers' Cliil) 

 qieet the anathemas of the farmers of the eoiin- 

 . with the vulgar, they deem this Bug matter 

 h their notiee. 



■iler that our readers may become well acquainted 

 e aiipeanmee of this weevil . we present (Fi.ir. s:,) 



earl> as Fcliniiu-y on tbe I'liize wlieii it is in'hlossom, 

 inlKibilihu- iijsu the llowers of various other plants in 

 llie beetle State, as the Hhubarb, Meadow-sweet (Spi- 

 /"./ 'ilvuii-ia), etc., is a most destructive insect-in oiii 

 p. a and bo.ln fields, the larva' feeding in the seeds and 

 sometimes destroying more than half the crop. They 

 are exee.i|iiml\ abundant in some parts of Kent, where 

 they olteii -vsariii at llie end of "Slay, ami arc occasion- 

 ally found a- late as August: indeed I killed one in 

 Xovcniber, imported with Kussian beans, which had j 

 bien ali\e since the end of September. It attempted 

 to fly away in October; it then heeame torpid, but on | 

 warming it by a fire iu the middle of November, it was 

 as lively and active as in the height of summer, and I 

 dare say would have lived through the winter. 



"It is said that tlie female beetles select the finest 

 peas to deiiosit tlieir eggs in, and sometimes they infest 

 crops to such an extent that tbey are eaten up by them, 

 little more than the husk being left. The various kinds 

 of bc'ans arc equally subject to their inroads; besides 

 tlie long-pods I have alluded to, I have had broad 

 Windsor beans sent to mo containing these Bmclti; ami 

 Mr. C. I'arsoiis tran.smitted me some horse-beans in 

 the beginning of August, 1842, which were entirely 

 destroyed by tUem. Mr. T, J. Graham showed me 

 some seed-beans which were inoculated by these beetles 

 to a great extent, and some of them were alive in the 

 seeds; yet to any one ignorant of the economy of this 

 pest, there would not appear the slightest external 

 indication of their oiieratious.. I also rccei\ed from a 

 gentleman residing in' Norfolk a sample of seed-beans I 

 tVom Russia, for winter sowing, a large proportion of 

 which was perforated by this Bvuclms. 



' ' It has already been intimated that as the beetles 

 generally leave the germ uninjured, the vitality of 

 infested seeds is not destroyed. I doubt, however, 

 if they produce strong healthy plants; and from my 

 own experience I have no doubt it peas and beans be 

 sown coiitaiuiug the Brwhus iji-aiiarius, that the beetles 

 will hatch in the ground, and thus the cultivator will 

 entail upon himself a succession of diseased pea and 

 bean crops. Now to avoid this loss, the seed should be 

 examined before sowing, when to an experienced eye 

 the presence of lliesc beetles will be discernible, where 

 to a common observer they would appear sound and 

 good. The maggots, when arrived at their full size, 

 gnaw a circular hole to the husk or skin of the seed, 

 whether pea or beau, and even cut round the inner 

 surface .wliicli co>ers the aperture, so that a slight 

 pressure froiii within will force this lid off; these spots 

 are of a different color to the rest, ol the seed, gcnerallv 



liiMU^ I k-sopmui ippeai nice, ind ofti ii iic 

 dulki tint, on picking ofl this little lid, i c i\it\ w 

 found bentatli lontuiiinj; i itln i i mi^','0t pup 



Ixitli ' 



I o< list U»i< 



'1-/ 1/ >./„/>/ laujitll. I,,„i - 

 Ihe lu_'e vcllo« woims \,iiiLgited 

 with light blown, which Ml T i^ 

 ].<i.k(it found imbedded in flu (Oiii- 

 inon I{|uk loiiist, lie till liMi ol 

 the Loiu-t ( iipciitii Moth \ijl( /,>■ 

 hn l'((k) ui invit whiih h,, 

 I m_ li, n known lo itliik tin HI ii k 

 I I ii~t ind wliidi his nutiiiilh 



/ 1 Mil kllllll. OUI I Ol ll^t ,loM- 



OlUltl 



(1 U M 



Wi 



Moth Ihit It 1- ci^y to do »o m tin- 

 m-tini; till null woinibdiigv imh 



thill locooiis within the tiic in tin 

 I iilv pait of tin spiin^r, md in tiini 

 cliingi to I hi \- did- I ig ST, $ 

 moth ^titc till dull unci be- 



-1 1,1 



in cm tin ^exc- i» not lonliniil 

 the mdi (Pig ss) ,, ]„,( ,„o „„ 

 fimdi, he IS ehii utiii/cdfuithii 

 d 11 1x1 giav, indln h um, thi hin 

 yilioH wide she his noni ., 



whil. 



is till 



111,'- of 111 Ol hil- 

 ls noni 111 tint i oloi iboiit 

 hi moth- i-siie lioin the tuc- 



during the last days of June and first davs of .lulv 

 Both sexes are quite difficult of defection, as they de- 

 light lo rest on old rough trees, their closed wiu-s 

 much resembling a piece of rough bark. The worms 

 are found more frequently in old trees than young, and 

 we believe it is for the very reason that the oldertrees 

 attord the moths greater protection. The ovipositor of 

 the female is. extensile, the better enabling lier to 

 deposit her eggs in the deep notches, and d?rk bottoms 



