PLATE I. 



THE BOLL WEEVIL AND ITS STAGES. 



Fig. 1, Adult boll weevil, viewed from above; a, two teeth on 

 fore femur; fig. 2, adult weevil, side view; fig. .3, egg of weevil; 

 fig. 4, giub about two days old; fig. 5, grub at entrance to ^eco d 

 stage after shedding first skin, about three days old; fig. 6. grub 

 fully grown, about ten days from egg; fig. 7, transformation or 

 pupal stage, side view, snout, legs and wings forming; fig. 

 8, pupal stage, front view of fig. 7. Figs. 1, 2, 6, 7 and 8 

 enlarged about ten diameters; figs. 3, 4 and 5 enlarged about 

 twenty diameters. (Original) , 



