with a description of the adult. As the latter is also brief, it is tran- 

 scribed here^Yith. The original description appeared in 18i')2." 



9 . Color blue black ; abdomen rather long, flattened, acute ; antennae slender, 

 basal joint enlarged, third longer than fourth, apical joint as long as the preced- 

 ing ; clypeus angnlate eniarginate; labrum and base of mandibles pale rufous; 

 legs rufous or honey yellow ; base of coxae and tarsi black ; wings faintly 

 clouded, stigma and costa black. 



The length of the body, including the head, is three-tenths of an 

 inch, and the expanded wings measure double that, three-fifths or 

 about five-eighths of an inch in length. The type locality is Dorches- 

 ter, Mass. It has also been reported from Canada by Provancher 

 and from New York City by H. G. Dyar. 



This species has been reared by Doctor Dyar from larvae taken in 

 New York City feeding on Eumex sp.^ and knotweed (Polygonum 

 lapathifoUum) j*^ and the larvse have been described by him under the 

 name Strongylog aster abnormis Prov. (a synonym). 



Quite recently Dr. James Fletcher has mentioned the occurrence of 

 this species in Canada. During 1902 the larvse were reported in sev- 

 eral localities in western Ontario, as also at Ottawa, injuring apples, 

 the damage being of so serious a nature that the fruit was much dis- 

 figured and in many instances it was rendered unfit for market and 

 was fed to pigs. The larvse have also been observed feeding on 

 Rumex and Polygonum in Canada.^^ 



REMEDIES. 



The remedy is to prevent the growth of dock and knotweed in beet 

 fields and apple orchards, a matter not difficult of accomplishment if 

 the weeds are hoed out in spring before the sawflies appear for ovipo- 

 sition. 



THE PEPPER WEEVIL. 



(AnthonGmus ceneotinctus Champ.) 

 By C. M. Walker, Temporary Field Agent. 



October 26, 1904, Mr. J. F. Nooe, Boerne, Tex., brought to the 

 writer's attention specimens of sweet peppers which were infested 

 with a species of Anthonomus. The close resemblance which this 

 insect bears to the Mexican cotton-boll weevil has given rise to some 

 confusion regarding the two species on the part of those interested 

 in the growing of the affected crop. 



« Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist, Vol. IX, p. 119. 

 6 Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, Vol. XXII, p. 311, 1895. 

 c Jour. X. Y. Ent. Soc, Vol. V, p. 199, 1897. 



f^Bul. 40, Div. Ent, U. S. Dept Agric, p. 81 (1903) ; 34th Ann. Kept Ent Soc 

 Ont, 1903 [1904], p. 70; 1. c 1902 [1903]— brief mention. 



