84 Staten Island Association of Arts and Sciences 



possibly some other names saved from synonymy on account of 

 the appreciable characters shown by description. 



For us Staten Islanders it remains to find, if possible, the 

 hickory and the hazel Balaninus; and, for those who are capable 

 of accurately naming the oaks, to raise specimens of acorn 

 weevils, in the hope of contributing data that may help in un- 

 raveling the puzzling skein that pure taxonomy has tangled about 

 Balaninus nasicus and its allied species or varieties. 



