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IJJSECTS INFESTING GEAIN4 



insects. The grub eats into the seeds, making a neat cavity which just holds 

 the insect, and lives there until pupation when it prepares an exit for the 



Fig. 305. 



The Cheroot Beetle. Fwpa on the right ; Larva in the middle. (Magnified^ 



beetle by cutting a neat round disc, not cutting it through but leaving it so 

 that the beetle can escape easily (fig. 308). These pulse beetles are of 

 peculiar form and easily recognisable. They attack the common, pulses 



Fig. 306. 

 Larva and imago of contmon Leather Beetle. (Magnijied.) ^ 



of India in the dried condition and have not been found upon the grow- 

 ing plant, as they are elsewhere. At least two species ^ are common in 



• Bruchus chinensis. iu (limchi(liu.)j and Bruehiis cmarginaltts. All. (Bruchida-.) 



