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the Pea and Bean-weevife (Bruchus pisi and B. rufima- 
nus ), which spoil the prospects of the usual accompani¬ 
ment to your roast ducks, all belong to these long-nosed 
Rhyncophora. Whole forests are sometimes fearfully 
plagued by these insects. Scolytus destructor , a small 
brown beetle,, bores into elm 
trees and riddles them with 
its tunnels, while other kinds 
attack the pine trees and 
cause serious loss. 
The species figured is the 
Cryptorhyncus lapathi , whose ^ 
larvm bore large cylindrical 
holes in willow trees (PlateVI., 
Fig. 2, magnified). 
The Longicornes’ group 
contains the pretty Musk- 
beetle (Cerambyx moschatus ) (Plate VI., Fig. 7), an 
elegant and beautiful beetle of metallic green with pur¬ 
plish tint; the elytra are minutely punctate, and the 
long-jointed antennse gracefully curving are nearly the 
length of the body, which is more than an inch long. 
The scent is very peculiar, like musk, but to some it 
more resembles attar of roses. A living specimen is 
before me as I write, as is also the little yellow-and- 
black banded Wasp-beetle ( Clytus arietis ), another of 
the same group. 
If the welcome adjunct of the roast duck is liable to 
be damaged by a weevil, that pleasant accompaniment 
of a roast fowl, viz., the asparagus, is subject to the 
attacks of a small Phytophagous beetle, the Crioceris 
asparagi (Plate VI., Fig. 5, magnified). The asparagus 
L 2 
Scolytus destructor 
(natural size and magnified). 
