Insects affecting the orange . Fig. 52. — Nolo-lotmis basalU.(Oii^iinal.) THE ORANGE LEAF-NOTCHER. {Artipus Jioridanus Horn.) [Fig. 53.] This is a snout-beetle of bluish-white color, stout, cylindrical form,(jmiu ^^ inch) in length. It is said to eat jagged notches in the edges oforange leaves (see Report of Commis-sioner of Agriculture for 1879, p. 207),and was also found by Ashmead on theFlorida Keys feeding ui)on the Limeand other plants. (Orange Insects, ) The beetle is confined to the i)enin-sula of Florida, and is rare except in theextreme southern portions of the State. PACHN^us op
Insects affecting the orange . Fig. 52. — Nolo-lotmis basalU.(Oii^iinal.) THE ORANGE LEAF-NOTCHER. {Artipus Jioridanus Horn.) [Fig. 53.] This is a snout-beetle of bluish-white color, stout, cylindrical form,(jmiu ^^ inch) in length. It is said to eat jagged notches in the edges oforange leaves (see Report of Commis-sioner of Agriculture for 1879, p. 207),and was also found by Ashmead on theFlorida Keys feeding ui)on the Limeand other plants. (Orange Insects, ) The beetle is confined to the i)enin-sula of Florida, and is rare except in theextreme southern portions of the State. PACHN^us op ALUS, Flo. Vi. — Artipug jloridaniig, and oranseleaf with eddies Knawed by the beetle.(AfterConistock.) A weevil similar in form and colorto the preceding, but one-half , in his Orange Insects, j). 01,says: This weevil was caught by mein great quantities in South Florida on the Keys, feeding on the leavesof the lime-tree {Citrus). I also found it eating the leaves of BaccharkhaUmifolia and Bon icliia fnitescens, which 1 think are its natural foodplants. It is certainly very rare on the mainland, and does not occur 134 INSECTS AFFECTING THE ORANGE. in the northern part of the State. Both this and the preceding speciesmay be removed, as suggested by Mr. Ashiuead, by shaking them fromthe trees into cloths spread to receive them. They fold up their legsand simulate death, when disturbed. The early stages of both speciesremain unknown. INSECTS OF THE ORDER ANGULAK-WINGED KATYDID. {Microcentrum retinerve Burm.)(Plate IX.) This large, green grasshopper, common in all
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