EXPLANATION OF FIGURES. 



Fro. 1. Cacao Beetle.— Adult female, naturcal size. Colour grey with black 

 markings. 



Fig. 2. Cacao Beetle. 



A. Section of stem showing egg and egg chamber, the outer surface 



of bark has been romoved. 



B. Larva or worm. Colour : head light brown, body white. 



C. Pupa of a male beetle. Colour white. 



All figures natural size. 



Fig. 3. Cacao Beetle. 



1. Section of branch showing larva in pupal chamber, the larva lives 

 in the bark of the branch and enters woody part when about to 

 turn into a pupa. 

 2. —A. Arrow points to old and abandoned tunnels in bark of stem. 

 B. Excrement and sawdust issuing from tunnel of larva, the best 

 indication of larva in a tree. 



* Feeding marks of adult beetles. 

 3.— C. Egg pit. 



D. Burrow in bark of newly hatched larva. 



All figures natural size. 



