ACTING STATE ENTOMOLOGIST 
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onnd, oval, or short-cylindrical shape, and looking at first sight, like so many grains 
of gunpowder, their size varying, according to the size of the insect, from that of the 
finest Sporting Powder to that of the coarsest Cannon Powder. Usually but not 
£3;; larvagn : w ; away a part of one of the pips ° f the ****• as ’ s °™ - « 
„ ts growth, it drops out of the berry, where up to this time it has kept itself 
carefully secluded from view, on to the ground, unless, which happens sometimes, the 
" J 7 s P revlousl y to the ground off the bunch - burrows a little distance 
unde, the surface- scoops out for itself a small cell in the moist earth by wriggling its 
body round and round -and there transforms into the pupa state. The pupa I have 
not seen, but from analogy it must be a whitish or blackish creature, intermediate in 
walking'TtinTor (flg ' 15 and th * lb), incapable of either 
,h •/’ ! 7’ dlschar g ln S /««*, with rudimentary wings pressed tightly against 
the side of its body, and with legs and antenna, regularly arranged in a backward 
ofMv to a hefo '°T Ce - The abOVe ° peraUons take place from about the last 
of July to the fore part of August. About the beginning of September the pupa-shell 
lCldTtak^r t ’, amUhePerfe0tbeetle WOrkS itS 0Ut 0f ‘be ground, and flies 
abroad to take its pleasure and enjoy this beautiful green world - which, be it remem- 
as for* that T/the^ ^ ^ frie “ dS ’ the SmaU slxJe gg ed Bt « s . aa well 
as for that of their more consequential brethren, the Big Bugs with two legs The 
raTta sev^lT 3 ; C ° UPle ’ T en ° USh “ aleS PerfSh ’ as iS known t0 ‘be 
case in several analogous instances; but the females must undoubtedly survive the 
vinter in some snug retreat, sought out by them for this especial purpose. Otherwise 
it impossible to account satisfactorily for grapes being punctured by this species of 
dol oT r “? JUne ° f f e ^ A ‘ al > "»*■. d have "epeate”^ 
dozens of different species of Snout-beetles, very closely allied to the Grape Cureulio 
unteersarworid o^Imri and fc ther '“h “ the Spring m0nths ’ before ‘ b * 
Grea clT n T f UP f ''° m Us ™ try 6leep ' to P>*« of their 
Great Creator through all the joyous months of summer. 
drop fromTl e' C ° L F ° rbeS ’ ° f Cobden ’ nUnois . S ra pes stung by the Cureulio mostly 
above 1 fill off a I' 0 S ‘° ^ MU1 ™ y ' ° f CIay City ' Sontb “ quoted 
ve, some fall off and some remain until the time of ripening. According to Mr 
abov; UimetT l ge ” UmberS ° fthem h “ g ° nthe b “ ch ,aswe have seen 
above till they are ripe. According to Mr. Wood, of Marietta, Ohio, the berry “ after a 
mat 6 dr °ll fr0m !, he Stem ’ bef0re W “ ripe enough ‘o cut, sometimes showing a pre- 
ure reddening. These slight discrepancies may be readily accounted for bv 
differences either in soil, in climate, in season, or in the variety of grape eapeclalte 
refeiied. to in each of the above cases. 
The larva of the Grape Cureulio (fig. lb) is an elongate, legless grub four or five time, , 
ivide, nearly cylindrical behind, but tapered in front towards the head wh long as 
This larva, though legless, walks readily, and, like those of all other beetles known to 
ie, never uses its head by way of foot to assist its progress, as those of almost all two- 
