NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



This curculio is the parent of the worm frequently occurring in wal- 

 nuts and butternuts, and the presence of the pest is indicated by a dis- 

 colored spot on the green husk. Dr Lugger states that these insects fre- 

 quently take the lion's share of our native nuts. Mr Young has met with 

 the insect in early June at Poughkeepsie, and has taken it at Newport N. Y. 

 Mr Ulke records this species on hickory from the District of Columbia, 

 and Dr Packard states that it has been taken from walnuts at Mt Carmel 111. 



This species was described from the Middle States. It occurs in 

 various sections of New Jersey, breeding in green butternuts and walnuts, 

 and has been listed from southwestern Pennsylvania by Dr Hamilton, who 

 states that it is common on walnut and hickory. 



Conotrachelus seniculus Lec. 



A small, long-snouted obscure brown-colored weevil about 3 /i6 inch in length, marked 

 with a yellowish white transverse band on the posterior third of the wing covers, occurs 

 on butternut and hickory. 



This small species was taken on hickory May 26 and June 5 at Pough- 

 keepsie by Mr Young. It is a small, inconspicuously colored species which 

 may be recognized by the elytral markings given above. The wing covers 

 are rather strongly ridged. Dr LeConte states that it is of the same form 

 and size as C. ti e n u p h a r Herbst., and is distinguished from C. a f f i n i s 

 Boh., chiefly by the broader and more strongly carinate prothorax ; by the 

 two lines of pubescence being straight and meeting at the front margin, and 

 by the first ventral segment being less punctured than the others. 



Dr LeConte records this species from the Middle and Western States 

 and Texas, and Dr Hamilton states that it is not common in southwestern 

 "Pennsylvania. It has also been listed from the District of Columbia, from 

 the vicinity of Cincinnati and New Jersey. 



