The Plough, the loom and the anvil . enus Nenuphar^ wasdescribed on page 139 of the last volume, in theSeptember number. We refer to that for a fullaccount of the insect in difierent stages. 1 isthe curculio, in the beetle state, life size, 2 is itsassvmied form when disturbed, 3 the larva or worm as found in thefallen state, 4 the pupa or chrysalis form in which it lives in theground, and the last stage before the perfect state. Another most destructive in-sect, so fatal to the success ofthe peach, is the AegeriaExitiosa. Our readers willremember a mini;te account ofthis insect, and the best
The Plough, the loom and the anvil . enus Nenuphar^ wasdescribed on page 139 of the last volume, in theSeptember number. We refer to that for a fullaccount of the insect in difierent stages. 1 isthe curculio, in the beetle state, life size, 2 is itsassvmied form when disturbed, 3 the larva or worm as found in thefallen state, 4 the pupa or chrysalis form in which it lives in theground, and the last stage before the perfect state. Another most destructive in-sect, so fatal to the success ofthe peach, is the AegeriaExitiosa. Our readers willremember a mini;te account ofthis insect, and the best modesof checking its ravages, onpage 602, in the number forApril last. It is exhibited in all its dif-ferent stages in the engravingshere given, representing themale and female insect, resem-bling the wasp, and also theborer, its cocoon, and the difference in the form of the two sexes is obvious at a glance-Their habits have been already described, and we again invite a care,ful attention to this enemy of our finest
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