The Bear Larinus 



still contracted into prickly globules. The 

 interior will be tenderer than after they are 

 full-blown. 



The method is the same as that of the 

 Spotted Larinus. With her rostral gimlet 

 the mother bores a hole through the scales, 

 on a level with the base of the florets; then, 

 with the aid of her guiding probe, she in- 

 stalls her opalescent white egg at the bottom 

 of the shaft. A week later, the grub makes 

 its appearance. 



Some time in August let us open the 

 thistle-heads. Their contents are very 

 diverse. There are larvae here of all ages; 

 nymphs covered with reddish ridges, above 

 all on the last segments, twitching violently 

 and spinning round when disturbed; lastly, 

 perfect insects, not yet adorned with their 

 stoles and other ornaments of the final 

 costume. We have before our eyes the 

 means of following the whole development 

 of the Weevil at the same time. 



The folioles of the blossom, those stout 



halberds, are welded together at their base 



and enclose within their rampart a fleshy 



mass, with a flat upper surface and cone- 



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