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yellow, or green hues, when first hatched; and are sometimes foundlate in the season, with almost every scale rubbqd off,

Linnæus and Fabricius lay, it is sound on Pear trees +. We haveMet with it on several other trees. Found from May to September.

; change*

punctured.

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ect shoulduch of it*when firftId, but i f

' perceivedrovrn, butd colours,i those ofched, thed colour ii becomesn red, to

yellow

FIG. V. VI. VII.

CURCULIO CAPREÆ.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Small, black. A longitudinal whitish line down the Thorax . TwoWaved white lines across the shells, with a longitudinal mark of brownon each. Legs black.

Curcuwo Capreæ. Fab. Spec. Inf. ?. 168. 39.

This little Insect very much resembles Curculio Salicis, both infize and colours; but it is sufficiently distinguished from that specieshy its walking or running ; as leaping is a particular character of thatCurculio.

We have never met with mere than one specimen; found on theOrder in June.

It is a very beautiful subject for the Opaque Microscope; its mag-nified appearance is shewn at fig. 6.—The rostrum fig. 7.—Fig. 5.Natural size.

•J- Habitat in Pyri foliis, in Corrolis dcclaratus. Linn.

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