ENTOMOLOGIST AND BOTANIST. 



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lateut indefinitely, and not continue its destined 

 course of growth until the reqmsite conditions 

 present themselves — yet such we believe to be 

 tacts, nevertheless. 



AVe rest the matter here, for it does not belong 

 I () our columns ; and we are perfect^ willing 

 I liat the reader shall form his own conclusions 

 as to which of us founds his faith on assumption, 

 aiiil which on close experiment. 



THE APPLE CURCULIO. 



In order that our readers, and especially those 



\\ho live near St Joseph, Mich., may recognize 



llie Apple Curculio whenever they see it, we 



present lierewitli its portrait (Fig. 152), a giving 



[Fig. i.Tj.] 



Colors— Uingy gi'ay, inclining to rnst-reil tehind. 

 the natural size; 6 a side view, and c a back 

 view. Now compare this figure (6) with that of 

 the Plum Curculio (Fig. 92, c) on page 130 of 

 lliis volume, and it will be next to impossible to 

 confound two such widely diflering insects. 



THE NEW CDECULIO REMEDY. 



As we always lil^e to give a good reason for 

 tlie laith that is in us, it will be well, perhaps, to 

 report the results of experiments recently made 

 to test the chip-trap Curculio remedy. On the 

 li'ith of May, at Kirkwood, Mo., we carefully 

 cleared the ground around six stone-fruit trees 

 (two peach, two plum and two cherry). We 

 cleared it within a radius of at least four feet 

 around each tree; and after depositing the 

 requisite traps, and carefully examining them 

 three times a day till the present time (May 

 29th), how many Curculios, good people of St. 

 .Joseph, do you suppose we captured? Just 

 sEVEK, namely, two on the 20th, one on the 

 21st, one on tlie 22nd, one on the 2oth, and two 

 on the 26th. Not very rapid catching, but all 

 we expected at this season of the year ! 



Erratum. — Page 211, column 1, line 20 from 

 bottom, for "as" read "and."' 



S^°Where there is one thorough entomologist 

 among our readers, there are doubtless a 

 hundred persons who know next to nothing of 

 Entomology, and who do not understand the 

 technicalities of the science. For this reason we 

 always endeavor to evade such technicalities, as 

 far as is consistent with clearness and precision, 

 knowing full well that plain Anglo-Saxon is 

 best understood bv all. 



Sy Our labors have lately been interrupted by 

 a rather tedious illness, and our coi-respondents 

 will please bear with us for any delay in attend- 

 ing to their questions. 



ly Our readers will greatly oblige us by ad- 

 dressing all letters of a botanical character to the 

 botanical editor, as we have nothing to do with 

 the botanical department. 



ON OUR TABLE. 



A Preliminary List of the Butterflies of 

 Iowa. By Saml. H. Scutlder, Chicago Academy of 

 Sciences. 



The Technologist. Imlustrial Publication Co., 

 176 Broadway, N. Y. 



Zymotechnic News. St. Louis. 



Monographia Chalciditum. Vol." . I ami II. By 

 F. Walker, British Museum. 



The Apiculturist. Mexico, Mo. 



The Cosmopolitan. New York. 



Trout Culture. By Seth Green. D. M. Dowey, 

 Rochester, X. Y'. 



Ohio Convention Reporter. Columbus, O. 



The Hub. Boston, Mass. 



Advertisers" Gazette. Goo. P. Rowell & Co., 

 X. Y. 



Proceedings of the Illinois Press Associa- 

 tion, at its Fourth and Fifth Anmial Meetings. Ham- 

 sher & Mosser, Decatur. 



Premium List of the Fourth Annual Fair of 

 the Nebraska State Agricultural Society. 



BowDOiN Scientific Review. Brunswick, Me. 



Masonic Trowel. Springfield, Ills. 



European Mail.— London, Eng. 



Land and "Water. London, England. 



Nature. London, England. 



Tkansactions of the Chicago Academy of 

 Sciences. Vol. I., part 2. 



The Southern Agriculturist. Published by 

 Thomas J. Key. Louisrille, Ky. 



Outlines of Bee Culture. Second edition, with 

 additions and illustrations. By D. L. Adair. 



Annual Report of the Regent of the Illinois 

 Industrial University. 



Forsyth Banner. Forsyth, Mo. 



Phylloxera Vastatrix. Par le Dr. V. Signoret. 



Memorial of Herman Ten Evck Foster; of 

 Bexj. p. Johnson, and Rational and Irrational 

 Treatment of Animals . Three pamphlets from the 

 New York State Agricultural Society. 



