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calj x into the bud ; from this hole oozes out a drop of sticky liquid 

 which dries into a conspicuous red spot. The minute oval, i - 

 white v££ hatches into .1 tin) grub which eats its way to the pollen- 

 sacs of th<' flower and feeds on them. The full-grown grub is 

 3 mm. in length, pale-white, head brownish and distincl frot 

 which is stout and somewhat doubled up when in the resting 

 position. As the grub grows the flower also grows so that though 

 originally the c^K had been inserted low down through the 

 the mature K ri| '> > s 1() be found on the pollen-sacs al the very apex 

 of the opening flower. The grub devours portions of the pi 

 well as the pollen. When full-fed it emerges through a round hole 

 cut clear through the base of the flower and drops to the ground, 

 where it probably pupates in the soil. Exact life-cycle not yet 

 worked out [Y.R.R.]. Possibly the grubs pass the period March to 

 October in the soil (as larvae, pupae, or beetle- mature but not \<t 

 emerged from the cocoon), the beetles attacking the next crop in 

 • . The weevil itsell also cats the floral anthers. 



Foodplant. Red-dram. 



Status. A minor Rest. 



Control. Collection of the beetles by hand may be tried. 



I.i GN \MPTCS MARGINATUS, P 

 Eugnamptus marginatus, Pasc, A.M.X.ll. (5), XI. \z\ 



imptus marginatus. The small figun 

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