. The American entomologist. Entomology. are evidently the common lOuropeaii Oiain liiiirlius {Brucliua graiianus). You say tliat the ^entlrman who presented the pods, gathered them from a tree in Swit- zerland , It were very much to be wished that he knew the kind of tree, and that he had had the good sense to examine the pods before he brought them to this coun- try. The seed-pod which you sent alongwith the beetles, looked to us very much like that of an pea, but as it grew on a tree, it belongs in all probability to some species of Laburnum. 'I'lie weevil was entirelv new to u
. The American entomologist. Entomology. are evidently the common lOuropeaii Oiain liiiirlius {Brucliua graiianus). You say tliat the ^entlrman who presented the pods, gathered them from a tree in Swit- zerland , It were very much to be wished that he knew the kind of tree, and that he had had the good sense to examine the pods before he brought them to this coun- try. The seed-pod which you sent alongwith the beetles, looked to us very much like that of an pea, but as it grew on a tree, it belongs in all probability to some species of Laburnum. 'I'lie weevil was entirelv new to us. and e, we had no diffi- cult) . ni uipiiiint:- it with European descriptions, in lecciuiiizinu it a- tlieir common Grain Brnohus. Now this weevil is a most unmitigated nuisance in Kurope, where it is a very general feeder: and accord- ing to the facts set forth in the article in oiu- present number, entitled "Imported Insects ami Native .\mer- icaii Insei'ts," it will prove even more injurious in tliis country, if it once gets foot-hold. Vou will llierelore see the nee<l of immediate action in the nuittei-. in onlei- thai liy a little vigilance we may stamp it (.ut of our luiiUt ^?|)U may rest .assured that we mi eiliatually put an end to those which were ri'eei\eil lieie. that they will never more see tlie light of day. W'l- advise von call t the Fs (In on Native and Imported Insects already referri'd to, and to the • • Heport of the t'ommittee on Entomology,"' which elsewhere appears in this number. The Club should insist on the total destruction ol every seed of tliis kind that bus been ilistributed, for unless such action is taken, that body may do more harm in the introdnetion of one such insejt, than it can do good in the next twenty years. When the Swedish traveller, * Explanation OrFlGUIlK—n. perfect IwPtlp. biicli view ; /*. sum", still- liewj c,,lDtvai ({,11111111—:ili liiphl^i- iiiaKiiitletl. thcaccuni)iiiii,viiiK•'<itHiir<.
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