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STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



M. armicollis Say, female = pallida Say, male. Newark district on elm ( Bf ), 

 Atlantic City (Castle), New Jersey (Jl), g. d. (W), New Brunswick in 

 July : breeds in elm (Ch). 



TACHYPTERUS Dietz. 



T. quadrigibbus Say. Throughout the State on fruit trees : larva feeds in 

 apple and pear, around the core, rarely injurious. 



ANTHONOMUS Germ. 



A. scutellaris Lee. "New Jersey," without definite locality. 



A. elegans Lee. Orange Mts., V, 30 ; "one specimen, taken by myself, open 

 to doubt" (W). 



A. hamiltoni Dietz. Hemlock falls, sweeping (Bf), Buena Vista (Li), Da 

 Costa, VIII, 14, Red Bank, Gloucester Co., V, (W). 



A. pusillus Lee. Hopatcong (Pm), Hemlock Falls (Bf), Buena Vista (Li), 

 Clementon, V, 30, Atco ( W). 



A. profundus Lee. Westville, Buena Vista (Li), Newark, VI, 9, on huckle- 

 berry blossoms (Bf). 



A. nebulosus Lee. Orange Mts., rare (Bf). 



A. sycophanta Walsh. Newark district, g d. (Bf), South Jersey, on willow 

 (W) : breeds in the galls made by a saw-fly on willow. 



Fig. 166.— Strawberry weevil and its work : a, shoot of strawberry plant bearing punctured buds 



b, enlarged eggs at c ; at d, larva, e, its head, much enlarged ; _/", pupa, enlarged ; 



g, open strawberry flower showing work of the beetles. 



