The Life of the Weevil 



the corpulent infant will be drained to the 

 skin. 



What a pity that we are not able at will 

 to promote the multiplication of this zealous 

 exterminator ! Alas, our agricultural auxil- 

 iaries have us in a disappointing vicious 

 circle: if we wish to obtain the assistance of 

 large numbers of the Chalcids that bore holes 

 in peas, we must first have large numbers 

 of Pea-weevils ! 



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