316 FIFTH REPORT OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL COMMISSION. 
83. Coleophora earycpfoliella Chambers. 
Tlu* larva feeds in a cylindrical case attached to the under surface of 
the leaves. 
84. Tpsohphus cary<rfolitUa Clemens. 
85. The black-eim;ei> flea-beetle. 
Systena marginalis Illiger. 
Order Coleoptera ; family Chrysomelid.e. 
This flea-beetle is said by Mr. Harrington to abound upon the elm, 
oak, etc., in the summer and autumn, while early in September he found 
it in great numbers feeding on the foliage of the sweet hickory. (Rep. 
Ent. Soc. Ontario for 1883, p. 49.) 
The beetle. — A small, long beetle of a lemon-yellow color, and having the prothorax 
and wing-covers edged with black. The hind femora or thighs are much swollen, 
adapting it for leaping like a flea. 
S6. The hickory leaf-weevil. 
Conotraehehi8 elegans Say. 
Order Coleoptera : family Curculioxidje. 
We have observed this weevil at Providence, busily engaged the last 
of May, and in 1882 from June 8 to 13, laying its eggs in the partly 
rolled-up leaves of the pig-hickory (Carya glabra), and during the 
process cutting off the leaves, which hang down, wither, and turn 
black. 
87. The plum weevil. 
Conotrachelu8 nenuphar (Herbst). 
This common weevil was noticed on the leaves of the pig hickory, 
May 25, at Providence. 
Fig. 123. — Conotrachelus nenuphar. Smith del. 
