. Circular. Agriculture; Agriculture; Entomology. 16 Circular 100 Acythopeus (Baridius) orchivora, Blackb. (Fig. 28, 29, 30) It is not unusual to come across this representative of the family Baridce, and indications of its work in Dendrohium orchids growing in various greenhouses in northern New Jersey. It is a typical, little, dull black weevil about mm. long, having the snout and legs thickened, the thorax wider than long and rounded on the sides to the hind margin. The elytrum is convex and broadly rounded to the apex. The head is finely punctured, the thoracic dorsum. Fig. 28. Orchid
. Circular. Agriculture; Agriculture; Entomology. 16 Circular 100 Acythopeus (Baridius) orchivora, Blackb. (Fig. 28, 29, 30) It is not unusual to come across this representative of the family Baridce, and indications of its work in Dendrohium orchids growing in various greenhouses in northern New Jersey. It is a typical, little, dull black weevil about mm. long, having the snout and legs thickened, the thorax wider than long and rounded on the sides to the hind margin. The elytrum is convex and broadly rounded to the apex. The head is finely punctured, the thoracic dorsum. Fig. 28. Orchid pseudo-bulbs showing exit holes of weevils Fig. 2 9. Pupal cell found in the large end of a pseudo-bulb Fig. 30. The adult weevil, Acythopeus orchivora Blackb. more coarsely pitted and the elytra marked with parallel punctured stria?, the ventral surface and legs also being finely pitted. It was described by the Rev. T. Blackburn17 in 1900. Mr. Walter "W. Froggatt18 gives a brief account of this species and figures an adult. He states that the insects were bred from the pseudo-bulbs or thick- ened leaf stalks of Dendrohium canalicidatum and gives the follow- ing description of the larva and pupa. l^Blackburn, T., 1900. Further notes on Australian Coleoptera with de- scriptions of new general and species. In Trans. Roy. Soc. So. Australia, v. 24, P- 35-68. i8Froggatt, Walter W. In Agr. Gaz. N. S. Wales, Misc. Bui. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station; New Jersey Agricultural College. Experiment Station. New Brunswick, New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station
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