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ing jelly-like mass. The eggs are deposited j ust below the first leaves — 

 many in a plant. 



Dr. Dimon has been requested to send, another season, examples of 

 the cabbage stalk infested by the larvae mentioned, that it may be 

 determined beyond question if they are those of 0. ovatus. The 

 species of Otiorhynchus in their larval stage are root-inhabiting. 

 0. sulcatus and 0. picipes frequently occur in England, as burrowers 

 in mangel-wurzel. Both of these species have been introduced into 

 this country. 



While 0. ovatus is very abundent in New York, none of the other 

 species have been collected by me in the State. O. sulcatus is taken 

 rarely. 



As the above notes relate only to the economic relations of the insect, 

 a number of references have been given, where further information of 

 it may be found. 



Conotrachelus cratsegi Walsh. 



The Quince Curculio. 



(Ord. Coleoptera: Fam. Curculionid^e.) 



Conotrachelus cratcegi Walsh: in Prairie Farmer, for July 18, 1863, p. 37 

 (original description). 



From an orchard in Geneva, N. Y., two quinces were sent on 

 October 11th, from which eight larvae of this species were taken — six 

 of the number occurring in one quince. The insect had been very injurious 

 in this orchard in 1893. Spraying with an 

 arsenite, recommended for preventing attack 

 of the plum curculio, had apparently little 

 influence in lessening its injuries, for the trees 

 had been given three sprayings with London 

 purple during the season — one pound to two 

 hundred gallons of water; and yet, a large 

 proportion of the fruit was destroyed. The 

 attack in this and other orchards of the owners 

 had continued ,for many years, especially in 

 1887, when of one thousand bushels of quinces 

 grown, one third was more or less affected, as stated in my Fifth 

 Report, 1888. 



Fortunately, this is rather a local insect. The injuries in Western 

 New York have not been as serious as in New Jersey, where Dr. 

 Trimble reported in 1870, that in a quince orchard of two hundred and 



Fig. 13.— The Quince Curculio, 



CONOTRACHELUS CRATiEGi; 



side and back views. (After 

 Riley.) 



