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Description of the Beetle. 

 A description of the beetle by Dr. Horn may be found in his 

 " Synopsis of the Halticini of Boreal America" in the Transactions of 

 the American Entomological Society, xvi, 1889, at page 307. It is 

 "oval, slightly oblong, convex, piceous, surface distinctly bronzed, 

 either asneous, slightly cupreous, or bluish. Head shining, indis- 

 tinctly punctate. Thorax * * * closely punctate with coarse and 

 fine punctures intermixed. Elytra * * * disc convex, with striae 

 of coarse punctures which are rather closely placed, some of the 

 striae rather irregular. Body beneath piceous. * * * Length, 

 .12 inch.; 3 mm." 



Its Distribution. 



Widely distributed over the entire eastern United States and 

 Canada. It has also been received from Nevada. It has also been 

 reported as occurring in Mexico, but it may have been confounded 

 with D. ovata Lec. — believed to be a distinct species, although 

 referred by Crotch as a variety of borealis. 



Otiorhynchus ovatus (Linn.). 



The Ovate Snout- Beetle. 



(Order Coleoptera : Family Otiorhynchid^:.) 



Linnaeus: Syst. Nat., i, Pars ii, 1767, p. 615, 69 (original description as Cur- 

 culio ovatus). 



Olivier: Entomologie, v, 1807, p. 378, pi. 31, f. 473. 



La.boulbene: in Ann. Soc. Ent. France, iii, 1853, i, Bull. 48 (larval notes). 



Leconte-Horn: Rhyn. N. Am.; in Proc. Amer. Philosoph. Soc, xv, 1876, p. 

 61 (description as ligneus). 



Weed: in Rept. Mich. St. Bd. Agr. for 1883, pp. 425-429 (life-history, as lig- 

 neus; in Cook's Notes on Injur. Ins. — Ent. Lab. Mich. Agr. Coll. 

 [1884], pp. 6-10, figs. 7-9 (general notice, as ligneus); in 14th Rept. 

 Hort. Soc. Mich, for 1884, 1885, pp. 84-88, figs. 7-9 (natural history, 

 description, food, enemies, remedies; as ligneus). 



in Psyche, iv, 1884, p. 233 (injurious to strawberries, as ligneus). 



Lintner: in Can. Ent., xvi, 1884, p. 182 (infesting a house, as ligneus); the 

 same in 15th Ann. Rept. Ent. Soc. Ont., 1885, p. 13; the same in 

 detail, 2nd Rept. Ins. N. Y., 1885, pp. 51-52; 3rd Rept. do., 1887, p. 

 141 (from beneath carpets); 4th do., 1888, p. 141 (in dwellings, as lig- 

 neus); 6th do., 1890, pp. 107, 118, 189 (in dwellings and on strawberries; 

 mention); in New Eng. Farmer, June 4, 1890, p. 1 (on strawberries); 

 7th Rept. Ins. N. Y., 1891, pp. 321, 360 (in dwellings and on straw- 

 berries; mention); 9th do., for 1892, 1893, pp. 297, 422, 463 (infesting 

 dwellings; mention). 



