SNOUT-BEETLES OR WEEVILS. 
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IFi g . 66.] being injurious to fruits. Kollar has de- 
scribed the habits of two European spe- 
cies, the Apple-weevil, A. pomorum , 
Fab., and the Pear-weevil, A. pyri, Kol- 
lar, which deposit their eggs in the 
fruit buds of these trees. The Apple 
curoulio, A. quadrigibbus , of Say, (Fig. 
G5) and the Plum-gouger, A. prunitida, 
of Walsh, are well known American spe- 
cies. Both of these deposit their eggs 
in the fruit. The larvae of these insects do not go into the ground to 
pupate, like the common Plum-curculio and many others, but go through 
all their stages in the buds or the fruit which they infest. All the N. A. 
insects of this sub-family belong to the genus Antlionomus, Germ., of 
which 15 species have been described. 
Antiionomus, 4-giuhus, Say: 
larva, enlarged — after Riley. 
, pupa; b, 
Sub-family ORCHESTIDES. 
From opxyiTTTjt;, a dancer or jumper. These resemble the Anthonomides 
in most of their characters, but differ in having the hind thighs much 
swollen, with a corresponding muscular development which gives to them 
the power of jumping. The prosternum is very short, permitting the 
rostrum to be bent beneath in repose. Eyes large, oval, and nearly 
meeting above. This little group is very remarkable for the structure 
and habits of the larva. They are somewhat flattened, and pointed 
behind, and furnished with six feet, a remarkable departure from the 
apodal character of other curculiouide larvae. But the most anomalous 
circumstance is that these larvae are leaf-miners, a habit of which there 
are but few examples* in the order of Ooleoptera, and exhibiting a curi- 
ous analogy to the larva; of many of the Micro-Lepidoptera ; and this 
analogy is carried out by the larva} wheu fully grown and about to 
change to pup®, enclosing themselves in silken cocoons. Two N. A. 
species have been described by Mr. Say belonging to the genus Orchestes, 
Illiger. They are only about a tenth of an inch in length. 
Sub-family ATTELA HIDES. 
ltostrum more or less robust and enlarged at the extremity ; scrobes 
|Fi g . 07.] superior, large and pit-shaped. Antennae straight, or not 
M elbowed, the first joint being but little longer than the 
following ones. This character readily distinguishes this 
and the following sub family from the great majority of 
A l, > Curculionidse. They are divided into two groups : the 
J 1 Attelabides proper, with short, thick bodies, tibiae uu- 
attelaiius. guiculate at the end, and claws soldered together ; and 
* Otlior examples are found in Ilispa and Ilaltica. 
