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STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Fig. l r >9. — Chestnut weevil and its work ; a, beetle from above; b, same in outline from side ; 

 larva : all enlarged. 



B. uniformis Lee. Throughout the State ; larva in acorns. 



B. nasicus Say. Throughout the State ; larva in acorns. 



B. caryae Horn. Throughout the State : larva in hickory nuts. 



B. rectus Say. Common everywhere ; the larva in chestnuts. 



B. quercus Horn. Brigantine, IX (Hn), " New Jersey " (Jl) : larva in acorns. 



B. caryatrypes Boh. "New Jersey" (Jl), Moorestown (U S Ag) : larva in 

 chinquapin (Ch). 



B. proboscoideus Fabr. Woodside, Orange Mts , g. d. (Bf) : larva in chest- 

 nuts. 



B. confusor Hamilton. Hopatcong (Pm). Remedies : pick up all nuts as 

 soon as they fall and place them in boxes or barrels, from which the 

 larvae cannot escape when they come out of the nuts. 



Family BRENTHIDJE. 



ETJPSALIS Lee. 



E. minuta Dru Throughout the State, though hardly common : bores under 

 bark of oak, chestnut and maple at Fort Lee (Bt). 



Family CALANDRIDiE. 



RHODOBJENUS Lee. 



B. tredecimpunctata 111. Throughout the State, VII, though as a whole 

 not common : breeds in stems of Xanthium, Hclianthus and other weeds 

 (Ch), Ambrosia, Oenothera and thistle (Bt). 



