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! st published notice of its injuries of which I am aware 
Prof. Riley’s third report as State Entomologist of Mis- 
i lislied in 1871. “This insect,” he says, “has done con- 
| damage to the strawberry crop in the southern portion of 
specially along the line of the Illinois Central Eailroad; 
e seen evidence of its work in St. Louis county, Missouri! 
seting of the Southern Illinois Fruit Growers’ Association, 
South Pass in November, 1867, several complaints were 
parties from Anna and Makanda of a white worm which 
; the roots of their strawberries, and in 1868 the greater 
the plants of a ten acre field at Anna, belonging to Mr. 
pie, was destroyed by it.” He further states, partly from 
i knowledge and partly from information received from 
r growers, that the grub hatches from the middle of June 
Idle of July in Southern Illinois, and later farther north, 
i,gg which, in all probability, is deposited in the crown of 
and that it immediately commences to bore its way down- 
> the pith. According to him, it undergoes its transforma- 
e pupa and beetle stage within the root, the adult making 
pice above ground during the middle of August. He in- 
fthe beetle feeds upon the leaves of the strawberry, but is 
I vhetlier it hibernates as a beetle or produces a second 
) brood of the worm, hibernating in the roots in the larval 
fctle of importance has hitherto been added to this account, 
;ed observations upon this insect, made by me since last 
ive enabled me to clear up its fall and winter history, 
Ji some other facts of practical importance. 
1 DESCRIPTION. 
,dy intimated, this insect, in the form in which it does its 
;he grub or larva of one of the snout beetles, belonging, in 
e same family as the peach curculio. It was first de- 
Prof. Riley, in the report already cited, and his descrip- 
}ie adult is herewith given. The larva and pupa are 
.from fresh materials obtained this fall from strawberry 
; outhern Illinois. 
' [Tyloderma] frag aria, n. sp.— Imago .—Color deep chestnut- 
■ipolished, the elytra somewhat lighter. Head and rostrum 
/ and densely punctate, and with short, coarse, fulvous hairs, 
j the tip of rostrum; antennae rather lighter towards base, 
r the scape much thickened at apex, joint 2 longest and 
moderately long, 4-7 short, 8-10 connate, and forming a 
. Thorax dark, cylindrical, slightly swollen across the 
1 uniformly covered with large thimble-like punctures, and 
I- short, coarse, fulvous hairs, unusually arranged in three 
ss distinct longitudinal lines; pectoral groove ending be- 
t legs. Abdomen with small remote punctures and hairs 
denser towards apex. Legs of equal shortness, and with 
ilated punctures and uniform very short hairs. Elytra 
wish-brown, dilated at the lower sides anteriorly, and with 
deeply punctured striae, the striae themselves sometimes 
lore or less covered with coarse and short pale yellow 
