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  REPORT 
  UNITED 
  STATES 
  GEOLOGICAL 
  SURVEY. 
  

  

  plums, 
  and 
  sometimes 
  apples 
  and 
  peaches, 
  with 
  their 
  snouts, 
  making 
  a 
  

   curved 
  incision, 
  in 
  which 
  a 
  single 
  egg 
  is 
  deposited. 
  Mr. 
  F. 
  C. 
  Hill 
  

   shows 
  that 
  the 
  curculio 
  makes 
  the 
  crescent-shaped 
  cut 
  after 
  the 
  egg 
  is 
  

   pushed 
  in, 
  ' 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  undermine 
  the 
  egg, 
  and 
  leave 
  it 
  in 
  a 
  kind 
  of 
  flap 
  

   tormed 
  by 
  the 
  little 
  piece 
  of 
  the 
  flesh 
  of 
  the 
  fruit 
  which 
  she 
  has 
  under- 
  

   mined. 
  (Jan 
  her 
  object 
  be 
  to 
  wilt 
  the 
  piece 
  around 
  the 
  egg, 
  and 
  pre- 
  

   vent 
  the 
  growing 
  fruit 
  from 
  crushing 
  it 
  I 
  '—(Practical 
  Entomologist, 
  VoL 
  

   11, 
  p. 
  llo.) 
  The 
  grub 
  hatched 
  therefrom 
  is 
  a 
  little 
  footless, 
  fleshy 
  white 
  

   grub, 
  with 
  a 
  distinct 
  round 
  light-brown 
  head. 
  The 
  imitation 
  set 
  up 
  by 
  

   these 
  lav£e 
  causes 
  the 
  fruit 
  to 
  drop 
  before 
  it 
  is 
  of 
  full 
  size, 
  with 
  the 
  

   lava 
  still 
  within. 
  Is^ow 
  full 
  fed, 
  it 
  burrows 
  directly 
  into 
  the 
  ground 
  and 
  

   transforms 
  during 
  the 
  last 
  of 
  the 
  summer. 
  In 
  three 
  weeks 
  it 
  becomes 
  

   a 
  beetle. 
  It 
  also 
  attacks 
  other 
  garden-fruits, 
  such 
  as 
  the 
  cherry, 
  peach 
  

   and 
  quince. 
  ^ 
  

  

  Eemedy.—^The 
  best 
  remedy 
  is 
  jarring 
  the 
  trees, 
  and 
  catching 
  the 
  larvae, 
  

   m 
  sheets 
  and 
  burning 
  them. 
  Dr. 
  Hall's 
  "curculio 
  catcher" 
  is 
  an 
  excel- 
  

   lent 
  invention 
  for 
  destroying 
  these 
  insects 
  ; 
  it 
  consists 
  of 
  a 
  large 
  inverted 
  

   white 
  umbrella, 
  fixed 
  upon 
  a 
  large 
  wheelbarrow, 
  split 
  in 
  front 
  to 
  receive 
  

   the 
  trunk 
  of 
  the 
  tree, 
  against 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  driven 
  with 
  force 
  sufficient 
  ta 
  

   jar 
  the 
  curculios 
  from 
  the 
  tree 
  into 
  the 
  umbrella. 
  

  

  INSECTS 
  INJUEING 
  THE 
  STEAWBERRY. 
  

  

  The 
  June 
  Beetle, 
  Phyllophaga 
  fusca 
  (Frohl.). 
  (See 
  Fig. 
  10, 
  p. 
  720.)— 
  Eating 
  the 
  

   roots; 
  the 
  large, 
  fleshy 
  white 
  grub 
  of 
  the 
  common 
  May 
  or 
  June 
  beetle. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  account 
  is 
  taken 
  from 
  my 
  third 
  annual 
  report 
  as 
  State 
  

   Entomologist 
  of 
  Massachusetts 
  : 
  

  

  " 
  With 
  the 
  increasing 
  attention 
  paid 
  to 
  the 
  culture 
  of 
  the 
  strawberry. 
  

   It 
  has 
  been 
  found 
  that 
  several 
  insects 
  not 
  before 
  suspected 
  to 
  be 
  inclined 
  

   to 
  feed 
  on 
  this 
  plant, 
  now 
  habitually 
  frequent 
  it. 
  Of 
  these 
  perhaps 
  th© 
  

   most 
  injurious 
  is 
  the 
  strawberry 
  saw-fly, 
  which 
  in 
  this 
  State, 
  but 
  more 
  

   especially 
  the 
  Western 
  States, 
  as 
  in 
  Illinois, 
  does 
  in 
  some 
  cases 
  the 
  

   most 
  grievous 
  damage. 
  Then 
  a 
  few 
  moths 
  which 
  have 
  been 
  known 
  to 
  

   feed 
  on 
  fruit-trees, 
  the 
  currant, 
  etc., 
  have 
  transferred 
  their 
  affections 
  to 
  

   the 
  strawberry 
  ; 
  such 
  are 
  the 
  apple-leaf-roller 
  or 
  Tortrix, 
  the 
  saffron 
  

   measuring-moth 
  (Angerona 
  crocataria), 
  and 
  several 
  other 
  caterpillars 
  

   found 
  m 
  the 
  Western 
  States, 
  and 
  described 
  in 
  the 
  entomological 
  reports 
  

   of 
  Messrs. 
  Walsh 
  and 
  Riley, 
  and 
  also 
  in 
  ^ 
  Harris's 
  Treatise 
  on 
  the 
  Inju- 
  

   rious 
  Insects' 
  of 
  this 
  State, 
  and 
  the 
  reporter's 
  ' 
  Guide 
  to 
  the 
  Studv 
  of 
  

   Insects.' 
  

  

  "]!^rext, 
  however, 
  in 
  importance 
  to 
  the 
  strawberry 
  saw-fly 
  {Emphytus 
  

   moculatiis), 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  common 
  and 
  familiar 
  of 
  all 
  these 
  insects 
  

   which 
  everywhere 
  force 
  their 
  attention 
  upon 
  us. 
  This 
  is 
  the 
  common 
  

   May 
  beetle, 
  .lune 
  beetle 
  or 
  ' 
  dor 
  bug,' 
  the 
  American 
  representative 
  in 
  its 
  

   abundance 
  and- 
  injurious 
  qualities 
  of 
  the 
  European 
  cockchafer. 
  

  

  "Dr. 
  Harris 
  has 
  given 
  a 
  brief 
  sketch 
  of 
  its 
  habits 
  and 
  transformations 
  

   in 
  his 
  Treatise, 
  and 
  referred 
  to 
  the 
  injury 
  the 
  grub, 
  sometimes 
  called 
  

   white-worm,' 
  does 
  to 
  the 
  roots 
  of 
  grass, 
  remarking 
  that 
  ' 
  in 
  many 
  

   places 
  the 
  turf 
  may 
  be 
  turned 
  up 
  like 
  a 
  carpet 
  in 
  consequence 
  of 
  the 
  

   tlestruction 
  of 
  the 
  roots.' 
  He, 
  however, 
  does 
  not 
  say 
  that 
  it 
  attacks 
  

   the 
  strawberry-roots, 
  which 
  it 
  has 
  for 
  several 
  years 
  been 
  known 
  to 
  do 
  in 
  

   gardens 
  about 
  Salem. 
  My 
  attention 
  was 
  especially 
  called 
  to 
  its 
  ravages 
  

   by 
  Mr. 
  D. 
  M. 
  Balch, 
  of 
  Salem, 
  who 
  has 
  lost 
  many 
  strawberrv-plants 
  by 
  

   the 
  white 
  grub. 
  It 
  seemed 
  evident 
  that 
  they 
  were 
  introduced 
  in 
  the 
  

   manure 
  placed 
  around 
  the 
  roots, 
  as 
  during 
  July 
  and 
  late 
  in 
  summer 
  a 
  

  

  