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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Riley: 
  in 
  Canad. 
  Entomol., 
  iv, 
  1872, 
  p. 
  19 
  (j5. 
  imifonnis 
  erroneously 
  

   referred 
  to 
  B. 
  rectus); 
  4th 
  Rept. 
  Ins. 
  Mo., 
  1872, 
  p. 
  144 
  (injury, 
  

   life-history 
  in 
  brief 
  of 
  B. 
  rectus, 
  probably 
  B. 
  uniformis). 
  

  

  Horn; 
  in 
  Proc. 
  Amer. 
  Philosoph. 
  Soc, 
  xiii, 
  1873, 
  pp. 
  457, 
  458, 
  459 
  

   (describes 
  B. 
  caryatrypes 
  and 
  B. 
  rectus, 
  table 
  of 
  species). 
  

  

  Blanchard 
  : 
  in 
  Bull. 
  Brook, 
  Entomol. 
  Soc, 
  vii, 
  1884, 
  p. 
  107 
  (table 
  ot 
  

   species; 
  B. 
  caryatrypes, 
  rectus 
  and 
  others). 
  

  

  Hamilton 
  : 
  in 
  Canad. 
  Entomol., 
  xxii, 
  1890, 
  pp. 
  1-3, 
  7 
  (habits, 
  distribu- 
  

   tion, 
  parasites 
  of 
  B. 
  caryatrypes 
  [referred 
  to 
  B. 
  proboscideus\ 
  

   and 
  B. 
  rectus); 
  in 
  Insect 
  Life, 
  iv, 
  1891, 
  p. 
  130 
  (^. 
  proboscideus 
  

   and 
  B. 
  rectus 
  commonly 
  infesting 
  chestnuts 
  and 
  chinquapins) 
  

   p. 
  131 
  (larval 
  habits 
  of 
  B. 
  proboscideus). 
  

  

  Lintner: 
  7th 
  Rept. 
  Ins. 
  N. 
  Y., 
  1891, 
  p. 
  383 
  (mention); 
  in 
  Country 
  

   Gentleman, 
  lix, 
  1894, 
  p. 
  504 
  (brief 
  mention); 
  loth 
  Rept. 
  Ins. 
  

   N. 
  Y., 
  1895, 
  pp. 
  501, 
  517 
  (mention, 
  all 
  referred 
  to 
  B. 
  caryatrypes). 
  

  

  Riley-Howard 
  : 
  in 
  Insect 
  Life, 
  iv, 
  1891, 
  p. 
  93 
  {B. 
  p?vboscideus 
  and 
  B, 
  

   rectus 
  reared 
  from 
  chestnuts 
  and 
  chinquapins, 
  notes 
  on 
  habits). 
  

  

  McCarthy: 
  in 
  Bull. 
  105 
  N. 
  C. 
  Agricul. 
  Expt. 
  Stat, 
  1894, 
  pp. 
  267-272, 
  

   fig. 
  I 
  (injuries 
  by 
  chestnut 
  weevils, 
  general 
  account 
  of 
  B. 
  pro- 
  

   boscideus). 
  

  

  Smith: 
  in 
  Rept. 
  N. 
  J. 
  Agricul. 
  Expt. 
  Stat, 
  for 
  1893, 
  1894, 
  pp. 
  481-485 
  

   (general 
  account 
  of 
  B. 
  proboscideus 
  and 
  B. 
  rectus); 
  Econom. 
  

   Entomol., 
  1896, 
  p. 
  236. 
  fig. 
  243 
  [B. 
  rectus 
  figured). 
  

  

  Comstocks 
  : 
  Manual 
  Study 
  Ins., 
  1895, 
  p. 
  593 
  {B. 
  caryatrypes 
  and 
  B.^ 
  

   rectus 
  mentioned). 
  

  

  Sargent: 
  in 
  Gard. 
  Forest, 
  viii, 
  1895, 
  p. 
  8 
  (brief 
  account 
  after 
  Smith). 
  

  

  "Wormy 
  chestnuts 
  ", 
  are 
  famiHar 
  to 
  all 
  lovers 
  of 
  this 
  favorite 
  nut, 
  

   although 
  few 
  can 
  recognize 
  the 
  parent 
  weevil 
  of 
  these 
  unwelcome 
  grubs. 
  

   In 
  some 
  seasons 
  the 
  chestnuts 
  are 
  so 
  seriously 
  infested 
  that 
  a 
  large 
  

   proportion 
  of 
  the 
  crop 
  is 
  rendered 
  worthless 
  by 
  their 
  attack. 
  It 
  not 
  

   infrequently 
  happens 
  that 
  a 
  lot 
  of 
  chestnuts 
  are 
  stored 
  in 
  some 
  box 
  or 
  

   vessel 
  soon 
  after 
  gathering 
  and 
  are 
  found 
  a 
  few 
  weeks 
  later 
  badly 
  infested 
  

   and 
  sometimes 
  almost 
  destroyed 
  by 
  the 
  white 
  grubs 
  or 
  larvae 
  of 
  these 
  

   weevils. 
  

  

  Chestnuts 
  as 
  a 
  Market 
  Crop. 
  

  

  The 
  growing 
  of 
  these 
  nuts 
  for 
  market 
  is 
  an 
  industry 
  that 
  is 
  yet 
  in 
  its 
  

   infancy 
  in 
  this 
  country, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  considerable 
  extent 
  and 
  may 
  be 
  

   expected 
  to 
  develop 
  to 
  a 
  much 
  greater 
  degree 
  in 
  the 
  future. 
  There 
  are 
  

   many 
  acres 
  in 
  this 
  and 
  other 
  States 
  now 
  almost 
  unproductive, 
  which 
  are 
  

   capableof 
  producing 
  large 
  crops 
  of 
  the 
  nut 
  at 
  a 
  slight 
  expense. 
  Great 
  

   quantities 
  of 
  Spanish 
  nuts 
  are 
  imported 
  from 
  year 
  to 
  year, 
  although 
  

   equally 
  good, 
  if 
  not 
  better, 
  ones 
  can 
  be 
  grown 
  here. 
  As 
  an 
  instance 
  of 
  

   what 
  has 
  been 
  done 
  along 
  this 
  line 
  — 
  the 
  twenty 
  acres 
  of 
  bearing 
  Paragon 
  

   chestnut 
  trees 
  of 
  Mr. 
  H. 
  M. 
  Engle, 
  Marietta, 
  Pa., 
  may 
  be 
  mentioned. 
  

   Native 
  trees 
  were 
  cut 
  on 
  a 
  steep 
  hillside 
  and 
  the 
  sprouts 
  grafted 
  to 
  

  

  