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(bounty. Our corn'spoiideiit luitlicr writes tliat in that county and in 
the ailjoininj,^ (Mumty of Princess Anne, in wliat is one of the greatest 
strawberry-crowing sections of tlie South, most of the crops are well 
cultivated, and it has heen found that as a consequence they are sel- 
<l<»ni annoyed ])y insects. 
Ill Pennsylvania, Mr. Frank W. Sempers, Doylestown, Bucks County, 
an entomolojiist of considerable reputation. re])orted the weevil at work 
in 1S1>4. lie writes: •' The infested plants were siirayed witli liordeaux 
mixture, to which paris green was added, and this treatment appar- 
ently i)ut an end to their work." The species was not noticed doing 
injury there, however, this year. May <> Mr. John Waltz wrote from 
Catawissa, Columbia County, that this insect, which he described, was 
destroying his crop for the year, and that it had been doing so for sev- 
eral years. May 24 he sent a specimen of the insect found on straw- 
berry at Blythedale, M(l. 
»Iohn C. Andrus rei)orted the species at Carbondale, ill., ami St. Louis, 
Mo. Mr. W. Brodie, an entomologist of Toronto, Canada, reported the 
weevil present in strawberry i)atchcs anmnd Toronto, but not injurious 
to any extent, and Mr. Charles Dury, also an entomologist, reported 
that the species was always abundant about Cincinnati, Ohio, although 
no damage had come to his notice. 
LIST OF THE MORE IMPORTANT WRITINGS ON THE STRAWBERRY 
WEEVIL. 
1. Say, Thomas. — Curculiouides, July, 1831, p. 293; Lee. ed., v. I, 
p. 293. 
Original description of Anthonomus signatus. 
2. Glover, T. — Report Department Agriculture, Nov.-Dec, 1871, p. 
179, 1 lig. 
Account of injury to stra wherry at Silver Hill, Md. : no tracrsof egjjsor larvjr; 
Hjn'cies identilied as Jnthononntx sit/natua Say. 
3. (iLo'vEiJ, T. — Report Commissioner Agriculture for 1871 (1872), j). 
73, 1 tig. 
Trauscrijit of Glover's tirst article, with additional short ])araj;rai)h on reme- 
dies. 
4. Leconte and Horn. — The Rhynchoi»h<)ra of America north of 
Mexico. Proc. Am. Phil. Soc, v. XV, p. 199 (Dec, 187G). 
Descriptive notes and references to systematic literature. 
5. Cook, A. J.— Thirteenth Rept. Secy. State Ilort. Soc. Mich, for 1883 
(1884), pp. 154, 155, 1 fig. 
Short account of injurious appearance at rho-nix, Mich. (Upi)er Peninsula); 
species identilied as Atithonomus muaciilus Say; description «iu»»ted. 
6. Forbes, S. A.— Thirteenth Rept. State Entomologist Illinois for 
1883(1884), pp. 114, 115. 
A mere 4Uotatiou of Professor Cook's article. 
