On the Biologies of the Rhynchophora of North America

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1907. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... 11039. E. scanicus Payk. On willow (Hamilton 1895). 8628. Acalyptus car-pint Hbst. On willow (Harrington 1891). Tribe X. Prlonomerlni. 8685. Piazorhinus scutellaris Say. On hlckory during July in Canada (Harrington 1891). 8686. P. pictus Lee. On oak during June in Pennsylvania (Hamilton 1895). Tribe XI. Tychlini. 8691. Plocetes ulmi Lee. On elm August 5, 1874. Makes a noise similar to that of the plum curculio (Le Conte and Horn 1876:214). 8689. Thysanocnemis fraxini Lee. Several females collected by Mr. Pettit on ash trees in Canada (Le Conte and Horn 1876:214). Infests seed of ash in Nebraska, according to Professor Bruner. 8690. Th. helveolus Lec. The same habit as the preceding. The species of the genus Tychius pupate in the ground. 8696. Tychius sordidus Lee. This species breeds in the seed pods of Baptisia bracteate in Texas (Sanderson 1904), and in B. leucantha pods at Logansport, Louisiana. At the latter place larvae were found June 7, 1906. The larvae eat the pod clean, sometimes two or three occurring in a single pod; they then eat their way out and pupate in the ground. Pupae and teneral adults were found in cells in the ground July 6. 11053. T. sibinioides Casey. Taken on Prosopis glandulosa at San Antonio, Texas, May 31, by A. C. Morgan. T.-sulcatulus Casey. Abundant in prairie grass (Sanderson 1904). Tribe XII. Cionini. 8704. Cionus scrophulariae Oliv. Attacks the fruit of plum, feeding In the kernel. In Europe it is found on Scrophularia and Verbascum (Beutenmiiller 1890). 8705. Gymnetron teter Sch. Pound in abundance on the stalk of mullen (Verbascum thapsus). The larva lives in the seed pods (Beutenmiiller 1890). Collected on Mesadenia tuberosa and Aster at Ladonia, Texas, May 17, by F. C. Bishopp, and on Achillea lanulosa at Ardmore, Indian Ter...