. Coleoptera. Beetles. Flu. 381. — Balantnus nitcutn. The lar\;i of _B. villosiis, another European larv«, or grubs, of Ji. caryatripes. They reach full growth when the chestnut rijjens, and then gnaw their way out of the nut in order to jjupate in the ground. Some of the beetles appear the same autumn, and hibernate as imagos; others, ju'obably the larger number, ajipear the succeeding spring. The beetle itself is dark brown, densely covered with yellow compressed hairs, which -aw somewhat irregularly distributed in spots upon the elytra. Its length is about of an inch. I>. nas- icHS l
. Coleoptera. Beetles. Flu. 381. — Balantnus nitcutn. The lar\;i of _B. villosiis, another European larv«, or grubs, of Ji. caryatripes. They reach full growth when the chestnut rijjens, and then gnaw their way out of the nut in order to jjupate in the ground. Some of the beetles appear the same autumn, and hibernate as imagos; others, ju'obably the larger number, ajipear the succeeding spring. The beetle itself is dark brown, densely covered with yellow compressed hairs, which -aw somewhat irregularly distributed in spots upon the elytra. Its length is about of an inch. I>. nas- icHS lives in liickoiy nuts, and 1>. rectus in acorns; both species have a close re- semblance to JJ. curijatripes, and also to -B. tmctim, the Eurojjean species figured, which attacks both acorns and hazel nuts, species, feeds upon the inner portions of tlie apple-formed galls of Ci/nips temiinalis, on oak. t/'i/nitata, a black weevil about of an inch long, receives its specific name from three impressed, shining black spots near the base of tiie ])rothorax. It is connuon in the middle and western United States, where its larva is a serious potato- pest. The female weevil oviposits in oblong slits which she bores in the stems of the pcjtato, and tlie larva', upon hatching, penetrate downward toward ; root of the plant, causing its death. The larva is a legless white grub. It pupates in the stem of the potato, the beetle emerging about the l)eginning of September. A small weevil that causes considerable injuiy to gra])es is Craponlus iituqualis. This insect is only abt)ut of an inch long, of broad, almost circular, outline, grayish black, the elytra striate with large punctures; the legs reddish. In ,Iune and July this species lays its eggs in grapes, causing a change of color of the berry near the point of puncture. In August the larva' dro]i ti) the ground, in which they pupate, the beetle emerging the next month.' Analcis fnigarin' is about 0.
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