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  body 
  beneath, 
  and 
  legs 
  are 
  black; 
  and 
  the 
  wing-covers 
  are 
  not 
  so 
  square 
  

   behind 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  rosy 
  Hispa." 
  (PI. 
  VIII, 
  fig. 
  3.) 
  

  

  The 
  Larva. 
  

   The 
  larva 
  has 
  been 
  briefly 
  characterized 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Fitch 
  as 
  — 
  "a 
  small,, 
  

   flattened, 
  whitish 
  worm, 
  attaining 
  a 
  quarter 
  of 
  an 
  inch 
  in 
  length, 
  taper- 
  

   ing 
  from 
  before 
  backwards, 
  with 
  projections 
  along 
  each 
  side 
  like 
  the 
  teeth 
  

   of 
  a 
  saw, 
  and 
  with 
  only 
  three 
  pairs 
  of 
  feet, 
  which 
  are 
  placed 
  on 
  its 
  breast 
  ; 
  

   eating 
  the 
  parenchyma 
  and 
  leaving 
  the 
  skin 
  of 
  the 
  leaf 
  entire." 
  

  

  Parasites. 
  

   Several 
  species 
  belonging 
  to 
  the 
  large 
  parasitic 
  family 
  of 
  Chalcididm 
  

   have 
  been 
  reared 
  from 
  this 
  insect 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Riley, 
  and 
  described 
  at 
  his 
  

   request 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Howard. 
  Spilochalcis 
  [Smura\ 
  odontotce 
  Howard, 
  was 
  

   reared 
  from 
  the 
  pupa 
  of 
  this 
  locust 
  feeder. 
  Sympiezus 
  uroplatcB 
  Howard 
  

   feeds 
  externally 
  on 
  the 
  larva 
  within 
  its 
  mine. 
  Trichogramma 
  odontotm 
  

   Howard, 
  is 
  an 
  egg 
  parasite 
  issuing 
  in 
  July. 
  Derosieniis 
  primus 
  Howard 
  

   MS., 
  was 
  reared 
  from 
  the 
  leaf 
  mine 
  of 
  Odontota. 
  Dr. 
  Howard 
  thinks 
  it 
  

   may 
  be 
  a 
  secondary 
  parasite, 
  preying 
  upon 
  either 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  two 
  

   species 
  {loc. 
  cit). 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Horn 
  has 
  given 
  the 
  distribution 
  of 
  this 
  insect 
  as, 
  " 
  Middle 
  and 
  

   Southern 
  States." 
  Dr. 
  Packard 
  records 
  it 
  from 
  New 
  England, 
  Middle 
  

   and 
  Western 
  States. 
  Prof. 
  Webster 
  has 
  mentioned 
  defoliations 
  by 
  it 
  

   (more 
  or 
  less 
  complete) 
  in 
  southern 
  Ohio 
  and 
  adjacent 
  parts 
  of 
  

   Kentucky. 
  

  

  Balaniiius 
  proboscideiis 
  (Fabr.) 
  : 
  Balaninus 
  rectus 
  Say. 
  

  

  The 
  Chestnut 
  Weevils. 
  

  

  (Ord. 
  Coleoptera: 
  Fam. 
  Curculionid^.) 
  

  

  Fabricius: 
  Ent. 
  Syst. 
  em., 
  tom. 
  i, 
  pars 
  ii, 
  1792, 
  p. 
  440, 
  No. 
  193 
  (descrip- 
  

   tion, 
  as 
  Curculio 
  proboscideus). 
  

  

  Say: 
  Descript. 
  N. 
  Amer. 
  Curculionides, 
  1831, 
  p. 
  16; 
  Compl. 
  Writ., 
  

   LeCont. 
  Ed., 
  i, 
  1883, 
  p. 
  279 
  (original 
  description 
  of 
  Balaninus 
  

   rectus). 
  

  

  Glover: 
  in 
  Rept. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Dept. 
  Agricul. 
  for 
  1870, 
  187 
  1, 
  p. 
  70, 
  fig. 
  13 
  [B. 
  

   rectus 
  injurino; 
  chestnuts, 
  life-history 
  in 
  brief). 
  

  

  Packard: 
  2nd 
  Ann. 
  Rept. 
  Ins. 
  Mass., 
  1872, 
  p. 
  17, 
  figs. 
  10, 
  11 
  (weevils 
  

   in 
  chestnuts); 
  5th 
  Rept.U. 
  S. 
  Entomolog. 
  Comm., 
  1890, 
  pp. 
  215- 
  

   216, 
  fig. 
  69 
  {B. 
  rectus 
  in 
  acorns), 
  pp. 
  350-352, 
  fig, 
  132 
  (brief 
  

   account 
  oi 
  B. 
  caryatrypes 
  ^proboscideus^ 
  in 
  chestnuts), 
  p. 
  354 
  {B, 
  

   rectus 
  in 
  chestnuts). 
  

  

  