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spotted, as in tparsu* Schoen. This is the species I breed from acorns, 
and I believe it also infests hazel nuts." (Itiley.) 
Mr. F. Blanchard states that Dr. G. M. Le- 
vette has bred this weevil from acorns gathered 
in Bummer, and brought from Arizona. (Bull. 
Brooklyn Ent. Boo., vii, 107.) 
I;<( tic— First joint of antenna longer than second; 
metasternnm of male with a small, rounded, condensed 
patch of yellow scales each side of the median line. 
Femoral tooth small, the enteringangle rounded. 
906. Halaninus nasicus Sav. 
Fu;. 69.— Acorn weevil. Balani 
n«* rectus. — After liiley. 
Professor Riley received from H. K. Morri- 
son, Fort Grant, Ariz., July 26, 1882, a lot of 
acorns of Q. grisea infested by larva? of the above insect, each contain- 
ing apparently only one larva. The larva? left the acorns as soon as re- 
ceived and entered the ground. They are yellow, head reddish brown, 
mandibles dark brown. The beetles issued from April 28 to May 21, 
1883. (Unpublished notes.) 
307. The acokx moth. 
Holcocera glandultUa Riley. 
Order Lepidopteka ; family Tineid^e. 
The larva occupies the deserted holes of the acorn weevil. The 
imago is a narrow-winged moth which drops an egg in the hole, from 
which hatches a slender grayish white or yellowish worm with 16 legs 
and blue-black dorsal marks, with a light brown conical shield and 
dusky anal plate. 
Moth.— With silvery-gray fore wiugs, marked with dull reddish ; two distinct dark 
discal spots ; a pale transverse stripe across the hasal third of wing, slightly hent 
inwards at the middle; this stripe is well relieved behind by a dark shade, which 
Fig. 70. — Acorn m >th (f.); o, b, acorns containing the 
worm ; c. front end of the worm ; d and e, side and top 
view of a segment. — After Riley. 
generally extends from the bend to the costa above the discal spots, forming a more 
K distinct triangular shade in the anterior middle portion of the wing. Hind 
wings brownish gray. Expanse of wings, 0.50-0.80 inch. (Riley.) 
