The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1879-09-18
Agricultural.


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called ibs cetkehsEer. sod here reesll
. lhr slt1ees % give risce 10 ths fol'8s-
. iax fAAss-. .Fagrspa, CO, ifom
tue Boston Mor0ing JournL
0s ate visitation u cockehaasrs.
ap lesser than obe handred aad thirty
tens q TIE beetles wcFe collected neAr
ia,aeaburg. Prussia. tbe collectors
bsiug paid ball peuuy per posad ior
abe eatlrs catch The beetles are ssed
~ mauure. aaa dried aud broken up
io' feeding poultry
On .returuing . the pea weevils.
which wefe the subject Of cur last
paper We will say the crow. blacktifd
aa1 baltimore 1riole. o. hanging bird.
sc ihe mortal enemies u these ao1ious
insects The orio.e splits open the
greca pods 81 the pea aud captures
tae gfabs. ibos contributing greatly
% prevent their increase. There is
enc remarkable fact ia regard TO the
depredalions 81 these insects---they
never destroy the germs Of the peas so
a. % prevent their reproductions
Another class of shout beetles, call.
ed attelabus, have longer heads. with
SHOUTS sometimes short and tuck, and
sometimes long slender aud curved.
Their eyes re rouu1 aud the antenne
are implanted near The middle Of the
,uoat Some Oi lhis family are very
Injurious to the leaves, fruit aud seeds
81 the plants. Some oi them roll up
the edge 81 leaves IL the shape OF u
thilnbic to furnish a shelter for the
egg aha young. aud afterwards devour
she leaves themselves
The 50 called red.tailed species,
which aAye cylindrical head. blue.
black antenr@. legs aud breast, and
red wing covers, are found on leaves
Of ok trees Ia the months Of June aud
Juiy Two or three beetles u THE
family ate very huuful TO the vines.
especially in Europe. Whole vineyards
are sometimes stripped Of their leaves
aud lruit trees despoiled Of their fruit
aad foliage As yet they have not
done much harm iu this country.
The snout beetles called crenhians
are Of different form from other wee.
wills Their body is long, narrow and
cylindrical Their snout projects 10 a
straight line, aud varies much in the
two sexes and in individuals OF the
same sex. The feelers are small and
the sntenn@ aud legs short. These
insects live under the bark and in the
trunks Of trees. or thcir habits we as
yet know but little.
But one species OF this beetle is
known in England. They are Of a
brownish color, ornamen,ed with yell
low spots aud wearing deep burrows,
whose sides arc punctured. They ap-
pear on the trunks of the white oak, in
tue months Of June and July. The
eggs are deposited in the holes pune
tured 10 the bark by the females, each
hole containing only one egg. The
grubs bore into the solid wood, casting
out the chips as fast as they go. The
full grown grub measures more than an
inch in length Each segment is
mounted upon a.pair Of legs, and the
hinder extremities of the body are sup.
ported by aeshy prop.leg. The last
segment is horny aud followed out at
the end, and the edges are furnished
with teeth. With this scoop the grub
shoveIs out its burrow. These insects
arc most numerous 10 trees that have
been cut down for timber or fuel but
the living tree does not always escape.
The rest Of the weeyil tribe differ in
size and structure from all others.
They are short and thick, the FIRST joint
beng longer than the others. Their
antenne are bent near the middle, but
their feelers are not perceptible.
The gray sided curctdto is small
pale-browu beetle, whose Larvae lives 10
the trunks Of trees on which the beetle
may be found the last Of May or the
i FIRST OF June,
Another species called roles is found
in great abundance on board fences, on
the sides OF new buildings and on the
trunks Of pine trees, during the same
months as the last named species.
These are very destructive to tue pine
forests Wilson says OF them, Would
it be believed of fly no larger than q
grain Of rice, should silently and in one
season, destroy some thousand acres Of
pine trees, many Of them from two to
three feet ia diameter aud hundred
aud fifty feet high Yet whoever
passes along the highway from Georgia
10 Chatlestowh, IN South Carolina,
about twenty miles from the former
place, can learn striking and melan.
choly proof Of the fact. --dgrioola. in