. Annual report. Entomological Society of Ontario; Insect pests; Insects. 59 8. The Northern Brenthian, Eupsalis Minuta, (Drury). Family :— Order Coleoptera ; This curious beetle is of a rich mahogany brown color; the wing-covers are clouded with darkish brown deeply furrowed and marked with narrow yellow spots ; the thorax or neck is smooth and polished and in shape somewhat resembles an egg, the small end nearest the head. The snout or beak projects straight in front, an exception to the gen- eral form, most weevils having it curved or bent abruptly down. It measures from a. Fig.
. Annual report. Entomological Society of Ontario; Insect pests; Insects. 59 8. The Northern Brenthian, Eupsalis Minuta, (Drury). Family :— Order Coleoptera ; This curious beetle is of a rich mahogany brown color; the wing-covers are clouded with darkish brown deeply furrowed and marked with narrow yellow spots ; the thorax or neck is smooth and polished and in shape somewhat resembles an egg, the small end nearest the head. The snout or beak projects straight in front, an exception to the gen- eral form, most weevils having it curved or bent abruptly down. It measures from a. Fig. 40. quarter to over half an inch in length, the males generally being the largest. (Fig 40 represents the insect in all its stages.) The female bores a hole in the bark and dropping an egg in it, pushes it well in with her beak. It requires about a day to make a puncture and deposit the egg. During the time the puncture is being made the male stands guard, occasionally assisting the female in extracting her beak; this he does by stationing himself at a right angle with her body and by pressing his heavy prosternum against the tip of her abdomen ; her stout fore-legs serving as a fulcrum and her long body as a lever. When the beak is extracted the fe- male uses her antennae for freeing the pinchers or jaws of bits of wood or dust, the antennae being furnished with stiff hairs and forming an excellent brush. Should a strange male approach, a heavy contest at once ensues, and continues until one or the other is thrown from the tree. The successful party then takes his station as guard. (W. It. Howard in Eiley's 6th Report.) Attacks various species of oak, the larvae boring into the solid wood. 9. The Gray-sided Oak Weevil, PandeUtejus hilaris. Order Coleoptera J Family Curculionid^e :— " A little pale-brown beetle, variegated with grey upon the sides. Its snout is short, broad and slightly furrowed in the middle. There are three blackish stripes on the thorax, between whi
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