. Report of observations of injurious insects and common farm pests, during the year ... : with methods of prevention and remedy . where (as in theabove instance) the attacked tree grows against a wall, care should be G 82 ORCHARD AND HOPS. taken that the pointing of the wall, whether it is of brick or stone,is in good order. Crevices where mortar has fallen out of old gardenwalls often swarm with Otiorhynchus beetles; and with regard to thePear tree above noticed, as it is mentioned that is a brick ^flft/eagainst which it grows, very probably there may be pointing orplastering needed beneath
. Report of observations of injurious insects and common farm pests, during the year ... : with methods of prevention and remedy . where (as in theabove instance) the attacked tree grows against a wall, care should be G 82 ORCHARD AND HOPS. taken that the pointing of the wall, whether it is of brick or stone,is in good order. Crevices where mortar has fallen out of old gardenwalls often swarm with Otiorhynchus beetles; and with regard to thePear tree above noticed, as it is mentioned that is a brick ^flft/eagainst which it grows, very probably there may be pointing orplastering needed beneath the tiles, or between the tiles and the topof the wall, to prevent the weevils having the convenience of a shelterfor the daylight hours at hand. Where attack on wall trees has to be guarded against, the state ofthe ground at the foot of the wall requires examination, both as to itbeing a possible day shelter for the beetles during the time of theirattack, and likewise a nursery-ground for the maggots during thewinter.* Oblong Leaf Weevil; Downy Brown Leaf oblongus, Linn. : P. [Nemoicus] oblongus, Phyllobius oblongus, magnified and natural size. The Brown Leaf Weevil, figured above, is only about the sixthof an inch or a little more in length, and somewhat elongate orparallel-sided in shape. The head and thorax are usually black; thewing-cases variable in colour, pale dull red or brown, with themargins often black, or sometimes they may be entirely pale,—myown specimens, from Kent, have been with reddish wing-cases andblack borders, also I have them with reddish brown, and yellowerbrown elytra, without borders; the head, thorax, and wing-cases arecovered more or less with a rather long grey pubescence. The antennae * The attack of 0. picipes is entered on at length in my Handbook of InsectsInjurious to Orchard and Bush Fruits, pp. 210-216, relatively to its harmfulnessas a fruit pest; but it is referred to again above consequently on its being not
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