THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 117 



fortunate stroke of the net I secured one of them, when 

 it continued to utter its peculiar note until I boxed it. It 

 proved to be a male specimen of Halias prasinana. I would 

 ask you if it is a thing of common occurrence with this 

 species, or whether it has been previously noticed by ento- 

 mologists ? A week later I took eight specimens of this 

 insect, by beating, in the same wood. — Thomas H. Hed- 

 worlh ; Dunsion, Gateshead^ June 15, 1870. 



[I never heard of such a circumstance, and think it 

 possible the sound may have proceeded from some other 

 source. — E. Newman.^ 



Pea Weevil. — An insect, apparently a beetle, is most 

 destructive this year to the crop of peas as they come up in 

 rows : it begins its work of destruction at the edge of the 

 leaf, cutting out a small notch, and continues until the whole 

 plant is destroyed. Can you tell me the name, and whether 

 any remedy is known } — H. Masters. 



[The insect is a weevil of the genus Sitones. I believe 

 the specimens sent are Sitones lineatus, but of this I am by 

 no means assured : the polished elytra, proving that the 

 creatures had been somewhat too freely handled, rather 

 militate against the determination of a species. Soot, lime- 

 w^ater, lime thoroughly slacked and pulverized, have been 

 found useful as preventives, but must be used with great 

 caution, otherwise they will prove more injurious than 

 beneficial. — E. Newman.'] 



Pea Weevil. — 1 have read with very great interest your 

 letter on the turnip weevil in Saturday's * Field ;' and I trust 

 you will not think that I am taking a liberty in applying to 

 you for information respecting another weevil which has 

 already this year destroyed nearly one hundred j^ards of my 

 peas. I have sent you specimens by this post, and I shall 

 deem it a great favour if you will tell me how to exterminate 

 the pest. I have already tried soot and lime with no effect, 

 and, as a last resource, go out after dark, lantern in hand, 

 and kill every little beast that I can lay hands upon. Two 

 rows of peas, in all about eighty yards, 1 have buried a 

 couple of feet deep, as not a single whole leaf was left on the 

 crop. During the day the weevil (am I right in calling him 

 Curculio lineatus ?) hides himself, but at night he may be 

 seen busily employed ; and from observations which I have 



