102 THE PLUM CURCULIO. 
Mr. Girault observed a beetle at Myrtle, Ga., May 7, throughout the 
entire operation. This individual had been previously starved and 
was furnished with a fresh wild plum upon which it climbed at 
4.36 p. m., settling on the side. It carefully examined the surface of 
the fruit before beginning oviposition, as follows: 
Minutes. 
Egg cavity begun 4.43. 
Egg cavity finished 4.51 8 
Egg deposited 4. 51-1 f § 
Egg pushed in cavity 4.51|-2| | 
Packing egg cavity 4.52|-4| 2\ 
Began crescent 4.55 
Crescent finished 5.08 13 
Total 24i 
During the process the body was in an extended position, legs well 
out grasping the fruit, and while excavating the cavity the body was 
at an angle of about 45°. Difficulty was evidenced in holding to the 
fruit. The tarsi were continually being lifted and extended, and 
applied to the fruit, and this was followed by a drawing motion, to 
engage the claws if possible. The antennae were motionless, the 
scape lying alongside the rostrum. 
At Barnesville a beetle was observed ovipositing on plum, April 11. 
Its time record was as follows: 
Minutes. 
Beak inserted 9.47. 
Beak withdrawn and ovipositor inserted 9.49 2 
Ovipositor removed 9.49^ ■ J 
Packing cavity, until 9.52 2\ 
Began cutting crescent 9.52 
Crescent completed 11 .07 
Actual time occupied in cutting 36 
Beetle rested 6 times while cutting crescent, a total of 39 
Total interval 80 
Also at Barnesville a beetle was observed April 20 ovipositing in 
young peach. At 9.30 the hole was started in fuzz, the beak being 
worked down full length. At 9.4 If beak was withdrawn and the 
ovipositor inserted. The ovipositor was withdrawn at 9.42^ and the 
egg pushed down with the beak. The beetle withdrew at 9.46 without 
rilling the hole in the fuzzy covering of the peach as usual, the total 
time being 16 minutes. 
Another beetle, ovipositing on plum, inserted the beak at 9.08, the 
egg cavity was finished and ovipositor inserted at 9.09^, and the ovi- 
positor was removed at 9.10. After packing the egg cavity the 
crescent was begun, which was finished by 9.28, a total of 20 minutes 
for the entire process. 
